Top Tweets for #450THS

about 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is conducting flights over Kingston today, but there aren't enough Mode-S receivers in line of sight to geolocate them with multilateration. We caught their flight from Petawawa this morning while en-route. #450Sqn #450THS

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is conducting flights over Kingston today, but there aren't enough Mode-S receivers in line of sight to geolocate them with multilateration. We caught their flight from Petawawa this morning while en-route.

#450Sqn #450THS https://t.co/v3AdH26eRG

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over 2 years ago

July 17 was the last time I saw the sloppy use of 000001 by the least situationally aware squadron of the #RCAF, #450THS/#450SQN. It's nice to see after a year of identifying (#CANSOFCOM) flights to and from Dwyer Hill with an incorrect Mode-S, they may have finally come around.

over 2 years ago

🇨🇦⚔️ Even the possibility that I bullied #CANSOFCOM into implementing a useless transponder posture, that draws attention to CANSOFCOM training rather than hiding it, because they don't know the first thing about tracking aircraft using OSINT methods, gives me SO much life. ♥️

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 Eventually some poor schmuck at DND is going to need to write a briefing note explaining up the chain why #450THS decided to start highlighting their flights to Dwyer Hill with a unique behaviour for us to identify. Were they just following orders? I hear that's going around.

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 Eventually some poor schmuck at DND is going to need to write a briefing note explaining up the chain why #450THS decided to start highlighting their flights to Dwyer Hill with a unique behaviour for us to identify. Were they just following orders? I hear that's going around. https://t.co/vumIgm8QNV

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over 2 years ago

It looks like #450THS started screwing with their Mode-S assignment in June of 2023 (I didn't go back further than March 2023) #BATL11 #BATL12 #BATL13 #BATL21 #BATL22 #BATL25 #CFC0130 #CFC0135 #HAMR11 #HAMR13 #HAMR15 #VALK12 #VALKY11 #VALKY22

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over 2 years ago

Ah - See, I *think* it's CANSOFCOM's fault, but it could just be RCAF #450THS all on their own, I have no idea, I can only laugh at it.

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 Royal Canadian Air Force CH-147F Chinook fleet (14 left) 4/14, 27% seem unserviceable ✅ ‣ #450THS appears to disregard #RCAF aircraft transponder policy for domestic, SAR, or training; unlike every other squadron. https://t.co/gVk7SnNT18 https://t.co/22ZsS7s8Pl #450Sqn

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 Royal Canadian Air Force CH-147F Chinook fleet (14 left)
4/14, 27% seem unserviceable ✅

‣ #450THS appears to disregard #RCAF aircraft transponder policy for domestic, SAR, or training; unlike every other squadron. https://t.co/gVk7SnNT18

https://t.co/22ZsS7s8Pl #450Sqn https://t.co/hpPsZnTQcX

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over 2 years ago

Thank you 🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron for flying that route, 2600 ft was fantastic. I could feel that in my bones! #THOR11 #THOR12 #450Sqn #450THS https://t.co/kYIrZaVK4T

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. Thank you 🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron for flying that route, 2600 ft was fantastic. I could feel that in my bones!

#THOR11 #THOR12 #450Sqn #450THS

https://t.co/kYIrZaVK4T

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F Chinook 147307 #C2BB61 is on the move today as #HAMR21, flying below 5,000 ft over rural Quebec, transmitting positionless Mode-S, making geolocation using multilateration challenging. https://t.co/aqpK6FgaJP #450Sqn #450THS

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron CH-147F Chinook 147307 #C2BB61 is on the move today as #HAMR21, flying below 5,000 ft over rural Quebec, transmitting positionless Mode-S, making geolocation using multilateration challenging.

https://t.co/aqpK6FgaJP #450Sqn #450THS https://t.co/ddZ6yiHWJW

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron do not follow Canadian civil aviation rules. Spokesperson LCol Thompson told The Globe And Mail they don't obfuscate operations in domestic airspace, like using spoofed Mode-S identifiers, as they did again today. #450Sqn #450THS #000001

over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron don't seem to care about civil aviation rules, or that spokesperson LCol Thompson told The Globe And Mail they don't obfuscate operations in domestic airspace; like using spoofed Mode-S identifiers, as they did today. #450Sqn #000001

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron don't seem to care about civil aviation rules, or that spokesperson LCol Thompson told The Globe And Mail they don't obfuscate operations in domestic airspace; like using spoofed Mode-S identifiers, as they did today. #450Sqn #000001 https://t.co/WwnT9BMQt9

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 CH-147F Chinook flight by 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, a training flight with an improperly configured transponder, meaning their rotorcraft is not airworthy, flying in violation of #RCAF policy and civil aviation rules. Are they incompetent or belligerent? IDK. #450THS

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over 2 years ago

I pay attention, when their own leadership won't. Yes, of course they violated Canadian civilian aviation rules again yesterday, and of course nobody at Nav Canada is going to do anything about it, because they don't care that #RCAF #450THS flagrantly violates their own rules.

over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron don't seem to care about civil aviation rules, or that spokesperson LCol Thompson told The Globe And Mail they don't obfuscate operations in domestic airspace; like using spoofed Mode-S identifiers, as they did today. #450Sqn #000001

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over 2 years ago

🇨🇦 #RCAF CH-147F Chinook maintainers read the manual and correctly configured the Mode-S transponder on 147303 #C2BB39 (WOW 😱); they are headed to #CYOW for at least one touch n go, maybe a couple of passes, before heading back to Pet. #450SQN #450THS https://t.co/0jN1M8MhwB

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦 #RCAF CH-147F Chinook maintainers read the manual and correctly configured the Mode-S transponder on 147303 #C2BB39 (WOW 😱); they are headed to #CYOW for at least one touch n go, maybe a couple of passes, before heading back to Pet.

#450SQN #450THS
https://t.co/0jN1M8MhwB https://t.co/HpwXStJHcR

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over 2 years ago

I've even published a quick reference guide for the correct numbers assigned to the #RCAF CH-147F Chinook fleet since it's obviously too hard to look up the number internally. #450THS #450SQN https://t.co/LENyXeBRQ5

about 3 years ago

🇨🇦⚔️ Since it's clearly too difficult for anyone at #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron to look up the Mode-S transponder values they're supposed to program into their CH-147F Chinooks' transponders, I published this quick reference guide in big print. Since I'm all about making their job easier, I've also provided a QR code containing the same numbers as the spreadsheet, so they can copy the data to their phone from this post and have it on them at all times. You're welcome. 147301 #C2BB25 147302 #C2BB2F 147303 #C2BB39 147304 #C2BB43 147305 #C2BB4D 147306 #C2BB57 147307 #C2BB61 147308 #C2BB6B 147309 #C2BB75 147311 #C2BB89 147312 #C2BB93 147313 #C2BB9D 147314 #C2BBA7 147315 #C2BBB1 #450THS #450SQN

steffanwatkins's tweet photo. 🇨🇦⚔️ Since it's clearly too difficult for anyone at #RCAF 450 Tactical Helicopter Squadron to look up the Mode-S transponder values they're supposed to program into their CH-147F Chinooks' transponders, I published this quick reference guide in big print.

Since I'm all about making their job easier, I've also provided a QR code containing the same numbers as the spreadsheet, so they can copy the data to their phone from this post and have it on them at all times.

You're welcome.

147301 #C2BB25
147302 #C2BB2F
147303 #C2BB39
147304 #C2BB43
147305 #C2BB4D
147306 #C2BB57
147307 #C2BB61
147308 #C2BB6B
147309 #C2BB75
147311 #C2BB89
147312 #C2BB93
147313 #C2BB9D
147314 #C2BBA7
147315 #C2BBB1

#450THS #450SQN

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about 3 years ago

Had a chance sighting of @Steve_Pellerin1 a few minutes ago (although hard to see in the photo, as they were at a distance) Love seeing #450THS doing the business! #BATB #CanMilTwitter

RCRBuck's tweet photo. Had a chance sighting of @Steve_Pellerin1 a few minutes ago (although hard to see in the photo, as they were at a distance)

Love seeing #450THS doing the business!

#BATB #CanMilTwitter https://t.co/vwEuy7Pj4j

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about 3 years ago

@Steve_Pellerin1 @cityofkingston Always happy to have #450THS flying overhead!

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about 3 years ago

No aircraft with a Mode-S of 000001 is airworthy, and I don't care whose nose is out of joint, because they're not doing their job, and their command clearly DGAF. That was likely a misconfigured CH-147F Chinook, but I didn't see it. #RCAF #450THS #450SQN https://t.co/WdGLKcWFpg

about 3 years ago

@twitandrewking It's because there's a breakdown in discipline and competency in the #RCAF at Petawawa. They can't program their own transponder with the right number, and the flight tracker can't figure out the invalid 000001 Mode-S transponder identification number someone programmed it with.

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about 3 years ago

I guess #450THS was missing us too. They flew directly over our new place in Amherstview this afternoon. After years of being under their flight path, it felt like we were back in Petawawa for a few seconds 😎 Thanks for the show @RCAF_ARC! 🚁🇨🇦💪 #Chinook #CanMilTwitter

RCRBuck's tweet photo. I guess #450THS was missing us too. They flew directly over our new place in Amherstview this afternoon.

After years of being under their flight path, it felt like we were back in Petawawa for a few seconds 😎

Thanks for the show @RCAF_ARC! 🚁🇨🇦💪

#Chinook #CanMilTwitter https://t.co/Jt8Lb8snIA

over 3 years ago

Lots of awesome @RCAF_ARC activity above our house this afternoon. I will definitely miss the sound of Chinooks in the background of everyday life when I leave 😢 #RCAF #Chinook #Helicopter #Aviation 🚁🚁🚁

RCRBuck's tweet photo. Lots of awesome @RCAF_ARC activity above our house this afternoon.

I will definitely miss the sound of Chinooks in the background of everyday life when I leave 😢

#RCAF #Chinook #Helicopter #Aviation 🚁🚁🚁 https://t.co/Ye9Rxl0gu5

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over 3 years ago

Probably the last time I’ll hear this for awhile 😢 Thanks for all the awesome backyard air shows #450THS #BATB @RCAF_ARC

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