Blue 49 Heavy callsign...

[dxpr]

I heard Blue 49 Heavy on Winnipeg CTR yesterday, talking about escorts and what type of formation, and then he asked if he could connect to ??? uplink.

Center responded that he was unable the ??? uplink, but would check with the next sector...

Anyone know who Blue 49 Heavy might be?

US Military maybe?

[HS-74]

I think there may be some sort of NATO wargames going on...Last week I heard a "3 ship" of german fighters on YYZ center going into YYB

[AuxBatOn]

It's Maple Flag right now in YOD. You probably heard an AWACS.

[ScudRunner]

Maple flag is May 18 to Jun 12 blue 49 would be the blue team and if it was a heavy I would assume a KC10 tanker.
Cool call sign I heard the other day was "Nightmare" wich is almost as good as "Hammer"

[linecrew]

I think Nightmare is used by B-1s of a certain unit but I could be mistaken.

[V1 Rotate]

I think Nightmare the new combined Hornet sqn in Cold Lake.

[YCL Boy]

The Nightmare call sign = some Canadian CF-18.

[invertedattitude]

"Blue" is an everyday USAF Tanker callsign.

[Rudy]

Nightmare is my fav. Definitely a CF-18. Sniper is pretty cool too. Gonzo is always good for a laugh (CT-142 long nose Dash .
Worst ever....probably Empress (no offense). It's cool if it's a female pilot.

[Mark_space]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/extremes ... callB.html

...says "KC-10 any tanker en route from the UK (KC-135)"

[pilotman15]

Nightmare is a f18, heard him many times on the radio and in the control zone.

[AuxBatOn]

Nightmare is a f18, heard him many times on the radio and in the control zone.

It's THEM. It's a whole squadron (409 Sqn) that uses that callsign along with a 2 digit number after to differentiate. It's for single ship ops.

[iflyforpie]

I always thought 'Mustang' was cool, until I found out is was for King Airs.

[Spokes]

My favorites have to be Maverick and Iceman.

[Mac]

The best I've heard yet was a 3 ship of B52's with the call sign "Death".

[Rockie]

F15's from Eglin that used to deploy to Europe every couple of years had the callsign "macho". That caused an awful lot of laughter from every other NATO fighter pilot in theatre. Nightmare is almost as bad. It's too bad the Canadians seem to be going the way of the Americans.

[SAR_YQQ]

I always thought 'Mustang' was cool, until I found out is was for King Airs.

[Big Pistons Forever]

I like the call signs for USAF initial training.

Aircraft with instructor aboard = c/s Tiger

Aircraft without Instructor aboard = c/s Kitty

It must be awfully demoralizing for the wannabe "bringers of Death" to have to call themselves "Kitty"

[Changes in Latitudes]

"Blue" is an everyday USAF Tanker callsign.

Does anyone give em the ol', "Yer ma boy, BLUE!" ?

[iwannasoar]

Flying along the east coast of Florida years ago heard the callsign "Gunfighter 23". Pretty Clear what he does for a living!

[buck82]

On the wet coast "Demon' and 'Snake" come up pretty often.

[GilletteNorth]

When I was in flight training in Portage la Prairie on the musketeer we used "Bengal###" for dual and "Tiger###" for solo. Anyone know what they use nowadays in training?

[SAR_YQQ]

When I was in flight training in Portage la Prairie on the musketeer we used "Bengal###" for dual and "Tiger###" for solo. Anyone know what they use nowadays in training?

Since the retirement of the PFS Tigers - the 3CFFTS callsigns are as follows:

Shotgun - dual instruction PFT (G120A)
Gannet - solo PFT (Grob 120A)
Prophet - test PFT (Grob 120A)

Kestrel - solo BFT (Grob 120A)

Mustang - multi-engine (BE9L)

Ranger - dual helo (Bell 206)

Outlaw - dual helo (Bell 412)

[tripleseven]

My favorites have to be Maverick and Iceman.

Don't laugh. "Iceman" at the YWG de-ice pad (who was a woman that day) called us Maverick by mistake on the deice freq. I think she meant to call someone else on a different radio, ie the sucker truck or something. We giggled on the radio after that one.

[20DMEYYZ]

Flying along the east coast of Florida years ago heard the callsign "Gunfighter 23". Pretty Clear what he does for a living!

GUNFIGHTER was a TOMCAT handle ! don't mess with the mighty F-14 ... Fly Navy !!!