what does this mean..overheard on scanner

Daveroo

Daveroo

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at 8:23am PST,friday,1/18/2013.."tiger one two,airborne".."copy tiger one two,take off time is one-six ,one-seven Z"......what does "one-six,one-seven Z" mean...it was 8:23am..i know it was a MC-12W out of Beale AFB.been alot of traffic lately with the MC-12W's and for some reason the U2's have been flying low approches...or lower than normal?...normally they come in (im assuming) steep and fast so they are never seen,until they are right on final and landing,,but weve been seeing them flying low over my area,heading towards Beale..i see them from my window as im at my desk..well in all honesty...ive seen two of the U2's in the last 3 weeks...but still ive lived here for 50 years and this is the only time ive seen this.
 
Your clock is 5 minutes fast then. :icon_lol:
(EDIT: err, 6 minutes. Always was weak in math. LOL)

16:17hrs or 4:17pm Zulu time. http://zulutime.net/

Zulu means Zero meridian, or Greenwich Mean Time.

Eight hour time difference between you and England.
 
ZULU time is commonly used by the military (and others) to eliminate the need to factor in time zone variations in operations. If you wanted to co-ordinate operations based in multiple locations, using ZULU time puts everyone on the same schedule.

When I was in the Army we logged all our flight time using ZULU time.
 
Dain Arns said:
Your clock is 5 minutes fast then. :icon_lol:
(EDIT: err, 6 minutes. Always was weak in math. LOL)

16:17hrs or 4:17pm Zulu time. http://zulutime.net/

Zulu means Zero meridian, or Greenwich Mean Time.

Eight hour time difference between you and England.
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well i may have looked at the clock wrong..or his is?...i only have two clocks in my house and they are both those atomic clocks.and match up with cal fires dispatch times...lol..but i should have realised the "Z" stood for zulu time....i even thought that to myself and thought...naw...lol
 
Daveroo said:
well i may have looked at the clock wrong..or his is?...i only have two clocks in my house and they are both those atomic clocks.and match up with cal fires dispatch times...lol..but i should have realised the "Z" stood for zulu time....i even thought that to myself and thought...naw...lol
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I have a battery one as well, handy to have when a storm takes out the power.

LOL, wouldn't surprise me then if whoever was transmitting was off on their time. :icon_lol:
 
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