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Old 08-22-2017, 01:17 PM
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Default Who has "Ocean" radio callsign?

Flying across the North Atlantic yesterday, and Santa Maria Radio were calling someone on HF that had the callsign "Ocean 32". The request was to relay a message to a British Airways aircraft.
It has been bugging me who this callsign belongs to (yes, I should get out more!). I can't find any airlines with the "Ocean" callsign.

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Might be military heavy.
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Old 08-23-2017, 05:48 AM
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Army Cessna Citations used that callsign in Afghanistan....

Specifically, it was Ocean 11, 12, 13......haha......
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Could be...............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca_Brazil
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Here ya go!!!


Bonus points for what movie this pic came from

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Old 08-23-2017, 06:11 PM
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Here ya go!!!


Bonus points for what movie this pic came from

Forget about the Whale.....Tomcats Forever!!!
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Old 08-23-2017, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RI830 View Post
Here ya go!!!


Bonus points for what movie this pic came from
Executive Decision was my favorite movie as a kid! Now I know how ridiculous it was.

I actually had Kurt Russell aboard one of my flights and at least I know he could have landed the plane at a small GA field!
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Old 08-23-2017, 11:12 PM
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Might be military heavy.
I think you could be on to something. I just looked at a list of military callsigns, and Oceanic is a callsign attached to some C-130 aircraft.

Here ya go!!!

Bonus points for what movie this pic came from
The person I heard on the radio was female. Perhaps it was Jean (Halle Berry)...
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Might be military heavy.
For security, SAC used different call signs every day, and didn't care whether the crews liked them or not. One that a drew lot of beeps from UHF tone buttons was "Stupor".
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Originally Posted by RI830 View Post
Here ya go!!!


Bonus points for what movie this pic came from

And triple points if you know which airport the 747 staged out of for filming.

Here's a hint: it was a military field.
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