Military callsign?

[Desert Flower]

Can anyone enlighten me to as to what type of aircraft uses the callsign "Mentor"? Heard it on local CTAF about a week ago, but I was unable to get outside to eyeball it. Sounded like an Orion, although my son said he thought it was a Hercules.

DF.

[Bullethead]

G'day Flower,

According to this,

Royal Australian Air Force RAAF Callsigns

it's a Winjeel, but that don't sound right.

Regards,
BH.

[Awol57]

According to MATS its 285SQN designator, either B707 or C130.

[Desert Flower]

The noise was definitely that of four turboprops, so that discounts the Ginweel & a 707! Looks like it might have been a Herc.

DF.

[VH-XXX]

Based purely on logic and reasoning it is likely to be a larger aircraft, hence 'mentoring' other aircraft so likely to be 707 or large aircraft. Similar callsign would be Shepard. It would make sense that it was the 707 refueler, however I think that has had it's last flight from memory...?

[AussieNick]

XXX i doubt it was a 707 as they were all retired last month. I'd say a herc, or possibly a c17

[FlyCessna]

heard and saw a C130 in the Nowra CCT the other day using callsign "Mentor". Just a thought, mentor might be what they use for training ops - as in the trainee is being "mentored"

[Trojan1981]

I have never heard it before (I flew on hercs with 36), might be a callsign used for pilot training. I think "Mentor" is a CFS Instructor callsign.

[Captain Sand Dune]

Mentor = C130 training sortie.

CFS use Alladdin.

[Desert Flower]

Mentor = C130 training sortie.

Thanks Captain - looks like my son gets the chocolate frog!

DF.

[Mick.B]

Savage is an F-111.

[bizzybody]

Been operating at richmond edaily for teh last 2 weeks

Current C130 Callsigns as of now

Archer
Trojan
Mentor
Odyssey
Congo

my old man (RIP) was a loadmaster with 37sqn and back then it was only Trojan for his mob and Gelding...... sorry stalion for the others

[Trojan1981]

CFS use Alladdin

of course...cheers