Originally Posted by
vascodegama
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The rx was on the boom frequency but not actually joined echelon -therefore he was talking to the PF . Can't think of any other way of putting it sorry.
Vasco, that is not how the report is written....
THE TYPHOON 5 PILOT reports that he gained visual with the tanker and all aircraft alongside,
began a visual join and switched across [from the join] to the boom frequency. During this process he
lost visual with the tanker as it entered cloud. He descended back to FL240 and ceased overtake
whilst maintaining 2.5nm radar trail. The pilot communicated this to the tanker on the boom frequency
which was acknowledged by the tanker crew, who stated they would commence a climb to FL270 in
Now, this says Typhoon 5 was on boom freq (therefore with the MSO) or, do you know different?
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