Hew - yeah, that makes sense... to be fair, we'd get just as much "practice" doing it on, say, 121.4 as on 121.5. It'd carry some extra cost I suppose (replicating the receive heads), and some might argue that it wouldn't have the same training impact, but I think if it were monitored by D&D just like the "real" thing, then it'd be a good way to overcome what you guys flying at FLxxx above us are describing as a real problem which is diluting the impact of guarding 121.5.

A 37 years old French Air Force captain stationed in Creil Air Force base is the one to be commanded for this action. He landed in Orleans, refuled and flew back to Creil having scrambled at 6:40 am.
Difficult thing he says was not to stall flying alonside the Cesna.

This link may refer...

Bearcat
I apprieciate that so many practice calls saturate the frequency and make 'listening out' difficult for third parties, and I agree that a training frequency ought to be assigned.

However, in direct response to Bearcats suggestion (and a lot has been said since), the NOTAMs regularly ASK people to make training calls - not for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the D&D staff!

RTFM,

You seem to have set up an infinite loop between the two threads with each one pointing to the other. We could all be stuck here forever! :eek:

Yes - I got stuck too ;) But it does sound like the guy could be described as a "nutter"... I say this because it takes one to know one..!:p

Flying ATPs up in the Scottish Islands, we were quite frequently *asked* if we would take part in a D&D exercise.

Turn the transponder off, practice Pan on 121.50 on box 2, and state our last known position ten minutes previously. They would give us headings to fly, pin us down with DF and call us with their best estimate of our position. Sometimes they were spot on, sometimes hundreds of miles out..... in that case, we'd do it again. It certainly wasn't for our benefit, so it obviously cuts both ways.

And anyone who has 2+ radios and doesn't monitor 121.5 is asking for trouble. ..

Please forgive me, but what do you mean by "asking for trouble"
with 2+ boxes?

Cheers, Bill

link to a French Air Force news page with pictures

http://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/actu/...rash/sauv.html