Pirate 42 @ Richmond this afternoon

[Drew H]

I head this callsign (or at least fairly certain it was Pirate) with an american accent, make a TACAN 10 approach to richmond this arvo, before heading to willytown.
Any ideas what it was? I was thinking perhaps a Wedgetail? I dunno if they'd be flying yet though, and I thought 2SQN's callsign used to be Magpie in any case?

Any help appreciated

[Gerard M]

Could have been a 77Sqn Hornet as they use pirate i believe. They are up Brisbane and Willie way at the moment for ecadex09 if im not mistaken.

[Tim Bowrey]

One of the Wedgetails took off at Williamtown today(Thurs) at about 1.30pm but tracked out to the North-East over water. She hasnt come back as of 6pm. There was also a P-3 Orion with an odd Green Celebratory tail assuming it was RAAF which is still parked there. The other Wedgetail is also still parked at NTL.

[Ken D]

It was a F18, very loud as it screamed over the Coles carpark in Richmond on final for 10.

Regards

Ken

[Drew H]

Cheers guys, never knew the 77SQN Hornets used it, I've only ever heard the 2OCU "Maple" used around Richmond.