Potato Flys Home
2022-07-16
Hex: ADFDF8
Registration: 82-8000
First Leg: SA to UK (RAF Mildenhal)
Radar off for [Heels Up] out of Jeddah, SA
Radar on over Adriatic Sea near Italy
-Radar turned on at 17:20:00 Zulu time (damn close to 17:17)
-callsign: 'empty callsign' (not AF1)
-First squawk code: 2041
-Squawk change at Italy/ Austria boarder
-Second squawk code: '0612
-Squawk change at UK coast (English Channel)
-Third squawk code: 0446
-[Heels Down] at RAF Mildenhal at Time: 19:19:20 Zulu
-[Heels Down] for ~1hr, most likely refueling?
RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.
Despite its status as a Royal Air Force station,
it primarily supports United States Air Force (USAF) operations,
and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW)
Second Leg: UK (RAF Mildenhal) to Washington, DC
-[Heels Up] at RAF Mildenhal at Time: 20:21:37 Zulu (taxi'd to runway at 20:17, kek)
-callsign: 'empty callsign' (not AF1)
-First squawk code: 4227
Radar off crossing from Ireland to Atlantic Ocean
-Radar turned off at 21:17:38 Zulu time (21:17 ...lots of 17's)
Radar on crossing Cananda/ Maine boarder
-Radar turned on at 01:57:14 Zulu time
-Date is now 2022-07-17
-callsign: 'empty callsign' (not AF1)
-Second squawk code: 0703
HOLY FUCK, Potato actualy displayed 'AF1' callsign!!!
-and the habbening is FULL of comms
-ONLY displayed AF1 callsign over the STATE OF NY (which president is from New York?)
-AF1 callsign appearsEXACTLYat 2:45:45 Zulu time45:45
-which president is #45 again?
-coincidentallythey decided to do this on the17thday of July (2022-07-17)
-Squawk code does not change
-Squawk code: 0703 going in and comming out of NY
-what is Q #703?
-last timestamp with AF1 visible is 2:54:45 Zulu time54:45(mirrored)
Radar off on approach to Joint Base Andrews in DC
-Radar turned off at 03:25:38 Zulu time
-no timestamp for [Heels Down] in DC because radar off
well fuck, anons
any comments on Potato displaying the AF1 callsign over the Continental United States?
-thats a first right?
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