Hi,Group
I watched this aircraft come in for approach (call sign Black sheep 6) at KFAY Fayetteville NC Regional airport.
There are always military aircraft shooting approaches and touch and go’s because FT Bragg/Pope AFB is 8 miles away i have never seen any tactical aircraft like this at a civil airport before.Any ideas what it might be NOAA CIA CBP the tail number does not come back to anything on the FAA site.:dev2:
Mike
By: craig88 - 20th January 2013 at 13:39
It looks pretty massive. I do not know about the aircraft
By: atc pal - 25th December 2012 at 20:17
The “hump” on the back? Looks like the one on NASA WB-57’s? (Aviation News Jan/2013 p.69).
By: viscount - 25th December 2012 at 16:50
Sorry, is actually a DHC Dash 7 (four engines). Look up DHC Dash 7 and the DHC-8 on ‘Wikipedia’ for more details on the types.
Have you tried a “Google” search of the tail registration, rather than the FAA register site?
In US military use designated: 0-5 and C-7 eg O-5A, EO-5B, RC-7B (later changed to EO-5C to de-conflict, as a C-7 was properly the DHC Caribou!). The ‘EO-‘ role designation showing special electronic installation in an observation aircraft type.
N566C is a US Army aircraft. C/no 056 ff 7.81. As N175RA served with US domestic airlines 7.81 to 12.97, then to VH-UUX 12.97 to 4.99. To store Chandler, Az 4.99 as N56HG. To Northrop Grumman California Microwave for modifications 12.01, to US Army 3.04 and regd N566C 7.04. From ‘Turbo Prop Airliner Production List’, Roach & Eastwood, TAHS UK 2007. I can see on the photo the serial appears to be applied N566CC – so there is an assumption (on my part) that this history applies to the aircraft pictured.
By: Rob_in_NM - 25th December 2012 at 16:28
Looks like a DHC Dash-8… if I’m not mistaken, the U.S. Army has a few of these for battleground surveillance type missions.
Rob
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December 25, 2012 at 4:14 pm