This aircraft (Registration ZH104) has been in My Flights pretty much all day, is this a common occourance?
Would love to be able to get its position, is there anyway of doing it?
James
Look up in the sky!!!
It was in MyFlights for over 3 hours today, always around FL310.
hehe today is the first time Ive seen blue sky in a long time!
When filtering military, is it fair to say that 43* would work in the S-Mode collumn? is there a similar rule for the USAF?
Now replaced by ASTOR4 mode-S 43C09E ZJ693 at 43000. suspect from the coverage here in the Tyne Valley that it is in the Scottich Borders Refuel area.
The E3CF replaced a European aircraft with similar flight characteristics around midday.
I had this one today: 4D03C8, NATO05, LX-N90450, E3CF, Luxembourg - NATO, 2008/09/01 14:38:26z at FL310, but only for like 20 min. :)
Quote from: bailey_uk on September 01, 2008, 07:35:06 PM
hehe today is the first time Ive seen blue sky in a long time!
When filtering military, is it fair to say that 43* would work in the S-Mode collumn? is there a similar rule for the USAF?
43C* for Brit Mil
AE0* and some of the ADF*/AE1* for the US Mil - they've got more aeroplanes than us!
Quote from: Danielsen on September 01, 2008, 08:02:00 PM
I had this one today: 4D03C8, NATO05, LX-N90450, E3CF, Luxembourg - NATO, 2008/09/01 14:38:26z at FL310, but only for like 20 min. :)
You might want to amend your database - the LX- AWACS aircraft are E3TFs rather than E3CFs.
Quote from: Allocator on September 01, 2008, 09:05:42 PM
Quote from: bailey_uk on September 01, 2008, 07:35:06 PM
hehe today is the first time Ive seen blue sky in a long time!
When filtering military, is it fair to say that 43* would work in the S-Mode collumn? is there a similar rule for the USAF?
43C* for Brit Mil
AE0* and some of the ADF*/AE1* for the US Mil - they've got more aeroplanes than us!
Try ADFD*, ADFE* and AE* for your USA military - it covers all known ones I have had in 20 months......
Regards
Mike
I had a similar NATO18 online today from 13:30 to approx 18:30.
Now have 4 x Tornado F3's on screen at various heights.
From the Squark codes they are from 2 groups - 5121, 5122, 5123 and 4615.
Any ideas of problems tonight?
Where abouts are you based?
Are they displaying their position too?
UK Military Never run with mode B only Mode S.
I am 20 Miles West of Newcastle-upon Tyne, UK.
Quote from: DaveReid on September 02, 2008, 06:56:09 AM
You might want to amend your database - the LX- AWACS aircraft are E3TFs rather than E3CFs.
Where exactly do I amend it? I've looked around a bit in the data folder but no luck.
Either use the built in Database Explorer (from the File menu) and search the Aircraft table for the ModeS or Registration of the aircraft that need editing or take a copy of the NavData.db3 database from the Data folder and edit it using an external SQLite database editor.
NATO's E3's have started using tactical codes on Mode-S. The most recent code being 001011 seen on 2nd September from NATO19. The code is not officially allocated to any country :-(
Quote from: testmonkey on September 02, 2008, 09:54:35 PM
Either use the built in Database Explorer (from the File menu) and search the Aircraft table for the ModeS or Registration of the aircraft that need editing or take a copy of the NavData.db3 database from the Data folder and edit it using an external SQLite database editor.
Cool, thanks for the guidance.
james,i pick up many c130s out of Lynham and didn`t notice for a while that some of them give lat & lon in the alerts box,this will give you some idea of where in the vicinity they are,hope this helps
regards terry
Quote from: Terry on September 03, 2008, 09:37:04 PM
james,i pick up many c130s out of Lynham and didn`t notice for a while that some of them give lat & lon in the alerts box,this will give you some idea of where in the vicinity they are,hope this helps
Presumably you're referring to some of the visiting foreign C-130s (e.g. the Brazilian ones) rather than the RAF's ?
The E3's seem to spend alot of time around the North East and are often seen doing holds and procedures at Newcastle.
I had NATO 02 talking to Scottish Mil 'holding hands' with Fagin 24 from 2130hrs -2245hrs on 03/09/08 on the UHF. I assumed 'holding hands' to be air to air refuelling as Fagin 24 (ZD948 Tristar KC1 500). The squawk codes quoted above are Boulmer CRC and Scottish military.
"Holding Hands" just means that he's in formation with Fagin 24. They probably will be refuelling, or at least doing "dry runs" at some point, but not necessarily right now.
Thanks for that. First time I had heard that phrase used before... just thought they were good friends!