About 1:30 PM HST a fairly noisy twin turboprop went right over me at about 5000'. Never heard anything like it before. Went inside looked at ADSBX and all it had was Hex AE67F1, no other data. Came from Widbey Island NAS and landed at JBPHH. That quite a hike. Any idea what that might be? Greyhound? Hawkeye? some other in ferry mode with a fuel bladder? I don't see may prop planes in US inventory that have that range.
if this is accurate, AE67F1 various | P-8A P8 USN | ------ Source: Filling Definitely was not prop driven, unless its been changed. seeing how most of the entire AE67## segment is P-8 Poseidon 737's, i doubt its incorrect. There is mention of AE67F1 being a C-130H but i cannot find any corroborating evidence of this. are you absolutely sure it was AE67F1 ? Whidbey Island does fly P-8's and P-3's and they do routinely fly to Joint Base Pearl Hickam. both the P-3 and P-8 having ATA Refueling, Range is irrelevant, more so crew endurance is the relevant issue here.
HMM. Pretty sure I got the hex right. It was definitely 2 engine turboprop, I could see and hear it. I get so much C-130 and AN-12 4 engine turboprop over head of me here, I know the difference, sight and sound. Also, AFIK, all the P-3's have been removed from NGF, JRF and JNPHH. I worked on the new P-8 facility at NGF. I'll try looking in History. Any chance this was a temp hex or spoofed?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae1d94,ae1d8c There are still quite a few P-3's in the NW Region of CONUS.
Yup, I agree, there are still P3-C Orions out there, but no longer at NGF, and they are 4 engine. I've been in the hanger at NGF where they used to live. I saw and heard a loud twin turboprop, and the track went back to Widbey. HEX was correct AFIK. Is it possible that this was a ferry flight to get some Greyhound or Hawkeye back to a carrier via JBPHH when it missed the boat ride ? There are a LOT of carriers out near Japan and China at the moment.
whatever the case may be, i know for a fact its a incorrect hex now, i tracked AE67F1 over on the west coast the other day. it pulled up as the correct P-8. The speeds are also inconsistent with a prop driven aircraft. one of the tracks flying eastward from Seattle showed a near 500Kts ground speed at FL114 https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?ica...e=2022-05-04&trackLabels×tamp=1651684046 Thats fast as hell for a P-3 or any prop driven
Yup I agree with you a bad HEX on ADSBX, however I saw and heard a twin turbo prop that I never saw before. I did a /replay and it's there briefly, so the mystery continues. Over on the discord, forgot where, there was a post showing 2 Greyhounds out of Widbey doing long flights over the pacific, nearly halfway to Hawaii. Speculation was that there was a carrier in the area.
Well, after searching, it seems that hex range is also used for tactical use. Amystery plane just left Hickam with a different hex, mode s only. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=7cf925,ae568b,ae67b8
