Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Fly by

"Bella Star, Bella Star, this is Air Force Orion, Air Force Orion on channel 16."

We got hailed by a plane! Yeah, that was a first (and it was definitely the highlight of the day). The guy on the other end of the VHF transmission asked a few questions about where we'd departed from and what our destination was -- it was all routine to him I'm sure, but I thought it was pretty freaking cool. :) Aaron got a video of the New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion doing its fly by, which we'll post once we get internet again. (Edited: Posted the video!)


18:45 UTC (0745 local): Lat 25 19S, Lon 179 49W

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2 comments:

  1. Brian LounsberryNovember 5, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    Did I catch a 'niner' in there?

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  2. Hugh LawfordNovember 6, 2013 at 4:27 PM

    that must have been awesome - especially being a first

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