Heavy with flash

Location : boswell lincs Spotter Watch Member : yes

Heard this term used as NATO 11 was climbing out of mildenhall RTB waddo , any ideas what heavy with flash may mean, i only heard this term mentioned once.

Subject: Re: Heavy with flash 2009-02-12, 07:33

Heavy signifies both the vortex state (Heavy for large aircraft) and the weight if issued to certain ATC when they signify they can't climb or expedite fast etc.

Flash is a transponder term. The pilot will give ATC or MAGIC a 'flash' to show the controller who they are by flashing the transponder code.

Location : boswell lincs Spotter Watch Member : yes

thanks again for the info rich

Location : Lincs

Thanks for that, Rich. I'd always wondered what 'flash' meant since I heard it back in a 1999 audio recording.

At 04:45 the following is heard 'Hammer this is magic can you give me a flash'

USAF F-16CG 88-0550 shot down by SAM on 2nd May 1999 over Serbia. Lt. Col Goldfein was the pilot.

Audio/video hear - tape recovered by the Serbs from wreckage.

http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/Gligorow/3069/

Rescue of Lt. Col. Goldfein

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44549

TJ

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The Brit terminology is to squawk "Ident"....same thing....