Hi Guy's,
I have had a flight on 'my flights ' for the past 10 minutes or so. American reg, Gulfstream Aerospace at FL 400.
The info is telling me that it is at a distance of 2490nm over the Atlantic Ocean, how could I be picking this up or is it a glitch of some sort?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark,
What is its Mode S code?
Tom
Sorry Tom it's gone and I didn't get it..
It's a known problem, sometime aircraft transmit the wrong position. Do a search for "Purple Rain" on this forum.
http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=671.msg5085#msg5085
http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?topic=1509.msg11632#msg11632
Thanks Tarbat,
I noticed on one of your previous posts to Theo that you use planeplotter. I have downloaded the program, recording flights OK but cannot get my head around the chart function!
I was trying to link into the google cockpit view but I cannot even get that far...any advice appreciated
Thanks,
Mark
Quote from: Mark07 on January 15, 2009, 11:11:33 AMThe info is telling me that it is at a distance of 2490nm over the Atlantic Ocean, how could I be picking this up or is it a glitch of some sort?
What do you have set for your home coordinates ? (I don't mean the exact values, just approximately).
Dave
Hi Dave,
My home coordinates in Radarbox are:
Lat 54.300
Long -8.33
Quote from: Mark07 on January 15, 2009, 12:40:33 PM
Hi Dave,
My home coordinates in Radarbox are:
Lat 54.300
Long -8.33
Well bang goes my theory (that 2490nm might work out to be the distance between your location and lat/lon N 00 00 W 00 00) - it isn't !
Quote from: Mark07 on January 15, 2009, 12:40:33 PM
Hi Dave,
My home coordinates in Radarbox are:
Lat 54.300
Long -8.33
Mark,
That's a lonely spot up there. Are you a shepherd?
Tom
what do you mean Tom... it's the metropolis of Ireland ....hadn't you heard!!!
Mark,
Having been born in the metropolis of Ireland it looks a bit out to me. That's an interesting rock formation though with the hump in the middle surrounded by a raised ring. Is it man-made? And is it rock or earth?
Tom
you were born in Cork then Tom!
Sounds just like the guy I got yesterday morning, also Gulfstream, altitude unknown. From memory it was something like N34????.
He first appeared over Argentina, jumped to Brazil, then shot off north again to re-appear somewhere near Bermuda before finally pitching up in Warwickshire. He stooged around for a while on a south east course then vanished. (All this from memory of course, but not a mile from the truth)
If this is an experimental US plane, they're really on to something!!! Ho ho.
Mark07, best advise I can give for Planeplotter is to:
1. Run the Setup Wizard on the Help menu.
2. Refer to the Wiki - http://planeplotter.pbwiki.com/
3. Any further questions, best to ask on the Planeplotter forum at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planeplotter/
And yes, you can use Planeplotter to feed into Google Maps - here's an example I created for Theo earlier today:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/3199103264_4bea5bbd4b_m.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/3199103264/sizes/o/)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/3199103264/sizes/o/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/3199103264/sizes/o/)
Quote from: Mark07 on January 15, 2009, 01:58:18 PM
you were born in Cork then Tom!
That's fighting talk to a Jackeen! Seriously though, I'm thinking of settling down in the Cork/Waterford area in a couple of years time when my wife retires.
Tom