But why would they refer to a T38 as a Bearcat (as in Grumman F8F, not a jet)?
From: Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FAA Warns of GPS Outages on the West Coast Sync dropswarning Those fighter pilots are real jokers. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 6/8/2016 10:27 AM, Sean Heskett 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 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
