"i usually try to steer clear of bombing ranges when I fly lol." Im definetly no pilot, never even flown in a plane, but if I do ever fly anywhere, I really would like to know this is a common attitude of most pilots
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > i usually try to steer clear of bombing ranges when I fly lol. > > Last time i flew over the grand canyon tho I had 5 "bear cats" (that's how > ATC was referring to them over the radio) T-38 jets fly straight towards me > and break left at the last minute. I heard ATC talking to them the whole > time and ATC was warning me of traffic 12 o'clock coming straight for me. > not much I could do except watch them go by since i was going 150kts and > they were a bit faster haha. it almost seemed a bit on purpose but who > knows, i could only hear what ATC say saying to them, they were responding > on another frequency. made the last part of the trip a little less boring, > after you cross the canyon it's pretty flat and desolate land for miles. > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you fly in the blue restricted zones of the Wendover Bombing Range or >> the Utah Test and Training Range, you will notice when they are testing. >> It is very effective. Bad thing is it jams your central office BITS clocks >> too! >> >> *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2016 9:22 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FAA Warns of GPS Outages on the West Coast Sync >> dropswarning >> >> The FAA has been issuing NOTAMS like that for a while now. I've been in >> the air during a couple (live in CO and fly to SoCal a lot) and never >> noticed loss of GPS. Looks like a reporter from gizmodo finally noticed >> this NOTAM and wrote about it. >> >> Shouldn't be a problem for any ground based GPS units. And if you own a >> Phenom 300 then you can just blast up to 45,000ft to avoid the jamming ;) >> >> -Sean >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, timothy steele <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Gizmodo: FAA Warns of GPS Outages This Month During Mysterious Tests on >>> the West Coast. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwjLfC_Co >>> >> > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
