Guest Glenn Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Had a military aircraft flying over here this morning and I'm pretty sure it's the same one operating out of Parkes doing parachute drops. It's all grey, 4 engines and slightly smaller than a Hercules. I put the scanner on am sure it was using the callsign "Trojan 10" It departed to the North Easr at around 10:15am. Sorry, couldn't get the camera fast enough. Anyone got any ideas?
Guest WillMikoyan Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Are you sure it was military? It could have been an Lockheed P-3 Orion or something? I'm not sure on thier exact colour scheme but im sure its grey or greyish anyway..
Guest Glenn Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Yep, looking at photos on airliners.net. Definately an Orion. 8)
Guest WillMikoyan Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Cool... We dont seem to get many military aircraft down here... Its a pity they stopped using Laverton RAAF for aircraft because thats pretty much down the road from me... Ah well... i thought the orion was ust used for maritime patrols
Guest doubled Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 C130J http://www.scanaustralia.bigpondhosting ... RAAF1.html
Guest Glenn Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Hmmm interesting. Now the more I think about it, it is a C-130J Herc. See http://www.defence.gov.au/raaf/organisa ... herc_J.htm Nearly similar to the Orion. The link you gave doubled confirmed it. Used to seeing the C-130H around here.
Guest richmondtroy Posted August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 Pretty sure the hercs use trojan as a call sign...plus orions dont do parachute drops from what i gather...unless they are dropping them out of the bomb bay doors....lol
TAA Student Pilot Posted August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 They do use Trojan as a callsign for Herk's, the new J's sound a fair bit different to the older ones. They sound like a single engine Aircraft, must be engine management system.
Guest Warren R Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Had a military aircraft flying over here this morning and I'm pretty sure it's the same one operating out of Parkes doing parachute drops.It's all grey, 4 engines and slightly smaller than a Hercules. I put the scanner on am sure it was using the callsign "Trojan 10" It departed to the North Easr at around 10:15am. Sorry, couldn't get the camera fast enough. Anyone got any ideas? The aircraft you saw was a RAAF C-130J Hercules ....callsign begins with Trojan 10.....
IBob Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 And I can't resist replying to your comment about replying to a 10 year old post! um...who's next?
SDQDI Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Well I won't be so rude to a first time poster....... Welcome Warren and I hope you do post more than just this once. Reviving old posts is not illegal, having said that this would be one of the oldest revivals I have ever seen though lol We are generally friendly warren and all these fellas mean well in their stirring. Forum etiquette is a fickle thing, some places you will get tarred and feathered for asking a question that has been asked before and other places you get creamed for reviving old threads, how do you win:whistling:
hihosland Posted January 27, 2016 Posted January 27, 2016 Forum etiquette is a fickle thing, some places you will get tarred and feathered for asking a question that has been asked before and other places you get creamed for reviving old threads, how do you win:whistling: By not being a wildebeest [ATTACH]26610[/ATTACH]gnarled or otherwise
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