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| Author: | DennisE [ Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Boeing 737-8 (MAX) just flew over Ephrata at 1,900 feet this morning at 10AM en route to KMWH, Moses Lake. Apparently to be 'stored' temporarily until the 'ban' on them is lifted. Various news stories in the past week or two have discussed how Boeing apparently running out of space to store the aircraft. Some of these stores have included aerial photos, such as one published in the last few days in Moses Lake's daily newspaper, the 737 lined up on taxiways and other areas of the various airports (Renton, Seattle, Everett and out of state). And a C-17 is in the area. NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen) have cautioned pilots that the C17s, America's largest and widely used transport military aircraft, are active typically from 11PM to 3AM for training missions. And this NOTAM - " 06/067 MWH AIRSPACE HIGH ANGLE DESCENT MANEUVERS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 20NM RADIUS OF MWH SFC-17999FT 1906211700-1906211745." In other words, today. KMWH is a popular destination for Boeing Everett 'hand offs' do airlines taking delivery. The 'taxi' pilots of their airline companies typically make KMWH their first flight destination, often spewing lots of extra data on ACARS (used to be like Teletype keyboard without the paper tape) and now a 'glass' display. The display is how almost all US bound aircraft and domestic flights got first word of the attacks on September 11. I am alerted to these aircraft activities because Air Nav has lent me a receiver and vertical antenna to contribute to their network of FAA data feeds and from other enthusiasts like myself. They said their had about 20 contributors in Western WA but none in Eastern WA. See https://www.radarbox24.com/stations/PGANRB500251 for what this receiver can 'see.' Right now, the antenna is about 15 feet high and I hope to get it 10 feet higher this weekend. It is lashed to the fence here. AirNav says the current range of this installation is about 180 nautical miles but somewhat non-circular. The display at that web address should show a dark-green irregular but somewhat circular coverage area. The low-level flights remind me of times I flew gliders here for 10 years. One of the low-level military routes is right over the Beezley Hills, where aircraft tow the gliders to about an altitude of 3,000 feet MSL. We could be thermal soaring gaining altitude at perhaps 4,000 feet while the military transports were below us at their assigned 2,000-foot altitude. We would telephone the military-civilian coordinator at Seattle Center in Renton and they would provide, sometimes by FAX, a list of military flights planned for the weekend for Eastern WA. So we could avoid conflicts. And they were especially useful for a full week, like this week, while a week-long glider contest is going on. Gliders use 123.300 and 123.500 for comms with the ground station licensed by the FCC. The radios in the aircraft and handhelds (which I attached to my parachute harness 'just in case') do not have to be individually licensed nor does is pilot, like ham radio operators, required to hold an FCC license. Dennis Eckert KB7ST PS-- whew, first from me for years since becoming disabled. Not much happens here. I'll probably post a generalized update at some point, especially on the P25 county system. |
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| Author: | Jim [ Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Great to hear from you Dennis! |
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| Author: | chpalmer [ Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Ive got a Ras PI doing duty for Flightradar24 here. From an antenna low in my Attic I can see aircraft a little over 50 miles out. Getting your antenna up a little more should help a bit. If I have all the parts I was going to do the same tomorrow. Ive got no cable between the antenna and the dongle right now. Hopefully 40 feet of LMR600 won't be to lossy. Wish I had a page I could go to like the one you linked to.. If I can I have not found it. |
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| Author: | Mark [ Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Hi Dennis!!! I'm one of the 20 on the west side:) |
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| Author: | N7QOR [ Mon Jun 24, 2019 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Dennis E, let me see don't I know you from N7GAD? I'm glad to see your post! |
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| Author: | Scannerguy12 [ Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
N7QOR wrote: Dennis E, let me see don't I know you from N7GAD? I'm glad to see your post! He used to talk on the 146.920 while it was still on Pilchuck. That is assuming that I remember correctly. |
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| Author: | MTM [ Fri Jul 05, 2019 10:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Dennis, Are you living near Moses Lake now ? I am in Visalia, Ca. at KZPO FM 103.3 - as Ops Mgr. |
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| Author: | KB7ST [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Thanks to all who contacted me. I got delayed due to another health issue. I will private mall you shortly. |
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| Author: | Mark [ Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Another Boeing 737-MAX to Moses Lake for storage? |
Boeing is building 1 or 2 delivery facilities at Moses Lake to get rid of the 737's early next year. Dennis I have AirNav antenna on the roof. Do you get data off the back of the unit or do you use one of the 3 big air nav app's? |
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