Are we not supposed to intercept on the left side of the intercepted aircraft?
Is not the Lear supposed to acknowledge the intercept signals?
Next, someone is going to say "well we were talking on 121.5"
Guys, I`m all for fair weather flying but play the game - sheeeesh!!
No wonder civvies get in a pickle sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uADBY_Eas...mp;feature=fvwp
Full Version: So Much For Intercept Procedures!
QUOTE(Fast Jet @ Oct 2 2009, 04:41 AM) 
Are we not supposed to intercept on the left side of the intercepted aircraft?
Is not the Lear supposed to acknowledge the intercept signals?
Next, someone is going to say "well we were talking on 121.5"
Guys, I`m all for fair weather flying but play the game - sheeeesh!!
No wonder civvies get in a pickle sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uADBY_Eas...mp;feature=fvwp
Is not the Lear supposed to acknowledge the intercept signals?
Next, someone is going to say "well we were talking on 121.5"
Guys, I`m all for fair weather flying but play the game - sheeeesh!!
No wonder civvies get in a pickle sometimes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uADBY_Eas...mp;feature=fvwp
122.75 is the preferred air to air frequency, but lots of folks use 123.45. I looked at some of the posted comments, some suggesting that it was just a friend in the F16 "saying hi", but didn't look like that to me. That Lear may have been flying VFR at 17,500', not talking to anybody and punching into a hot MOA.
Wild speculation on my part, but I've seen it happen up close and personal...
Lesson learned!
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