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Title: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: Meatwad on February 18, 2017, 06:17:20 PM

Two different high alt balloon flights. Havent found anything about them yet

https://www.flightradar24.com/HBAL488/c78c1b3
https://www.flightradar24.com/HBAL514/c78ebd2

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: ghi on February 18, 2017, 09:30:32 PM

Last time i surfed this site the flights over North Atlantic were not shown on the map, the flights used to disappear/re-appear  few 100s miles east of Labrador/East coast. How do they track them? i read somewhere there's no radar coverage above Atlantic, away from coast.
Interesting flight path, maybe were picked by fast high alt winds; the jetstream is lopping right there SW, AZ,Nevada,NM;
(http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/JetStream/conus.jpg)

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: Meatwad on February 18, 2017, 10:18:23 PM

Found another one and its registered to the Project Loon experiment

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: PR3D4TOR on February 19, 2017, 11:30:33 AM

Quote from: ghi on February 18, 2017, 09:30:32 PM

How do they track them?

The aircraft themselves report their gps position.

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: Oldman731 on February 19, 2017, 06:14:28 PM

Quote from: PR3D4TOR on February 19, 2017, 11:30:33 AM

The aircraft themselves report their gps position.

Only those which have ADS-B OUT installed.

- oldman

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: icepac on February 19, 2017, 09:52:25 PM

It's really fun during oshkosh, sun-n-fun, and the reno air races.

Title: Re: Something interesting on flightaware
Post by: ghi on February 21, 2017, 07:44:48 PM

I've been searching the map for this USAF nuclear explossion sniffer plane ; there's a spike  in radiation since January  above most Europe , unknown source but there was  an incident at a nuclear power plant in France  .

https://theaviationist.com/2017/02/19/u-s-air-force-deploys-wc-135-nuclear-sniffer-aircraft-to-uk-after-spike-of-radioactive-iodine-levels-detected-in-europe/

http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/america-flies-nuclear-sniffer-jet-9864572

The occult  tarot cards on top cover of "The economist " ( a Rothschild publication) comes in my mind.
(https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0535/3509/products/TW2017_Cover_UK_REV_NO-BC_trimmed_1024x1024.jpg?v=1479401026)