Geeze it's quiet here in Melbourne on Saturday afternoons.
Not much happening.
Dum de dum (twiddling of thumbs) : )
I think you were asking about military aircraft from Richmond.
Unfortunately for all military this is about all you get (Mode S, Altitude, Squawk)
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8562/20091003131836.jpg)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/8562/20091003131836.jpg
Thanks PJM,
Yes, its a shame they don't transmit more info.
Quote from: MrT on October 03, 2009, 03:38:19 AM
Yes, its a shame they don't transmit more info.
Well if they did that then something pointy and explosive could well come their way. There are always cases where somebody has mis-set the switches during combat ops.
I think that would probably happen regardless of simple ADS-B transmisions.
Mass hysteria, fear and paranoia have really got a grip on the western world since 911.
You can also populate the aircraft details manually using DataBase Explorer if they are not being auto-populated so that you get more information. This is from airframes.org
A97-467 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules C30J 5467 L4T 7CF83A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 2000
Remarks: 37 Sqn
That would also give you the aircraft silhouette. You can then set an Alert for 7CF* mode S codes to capture the Australian military aircraft (need to check that code though, to make sure that they are all in this sequence).
Quote from: Allocator on October 03, 2009, 08:00:41 AM
You can also populate the aircraft details manuall if they are not being auto-populated so that you get more information. This is from airframes.org
A97-467 Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules C30J 5467 L4T 7CF83A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 2000
Remarks: 37 Sqn
Thanks Allocator
I'll do that.
Cheers,
Paul.
Quote from: pjm on October 03, 2009, 03:25:31 AM
I think you were asking about military aircraft from Richmond.
Unfortunately for all military this is about all you get (Mode S, Altitude, Squawk)
Well what do you know - just spotted an RAAF plane sending ADS-B. It went on to land at Sydney, not Richmond though....
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3697/20091004151507.jpg)
Nice one.
Maybe the PM's jet ?? : )
Quote from: pjm on October 04, 2009, 04:38:23 AM
Well what do you know - just spotted an RAAF plane sending ADS-B. It went on to land at Sydney, not Richmond though....
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3697/20091004151507.jpg)
You might want to take the opportunity to correct the type code in your NavData.db3 database - "
B73B" isn't a valid ICAO code. RAAF A36-002 is a 737-7DF (ICAO
B737) and I note that there are another 100 or so "
B73B"s in my NavData, most should be ICAO
B737s or
B738s.
Other "
B73B"s include, for some strange reason, a
Fokker F-27 (N737A), a
Gulfstream V (VP-BNZ) and a
Sikorsky S-55 (N739A) !
Having said that, the signs are looking good, now that V3 is out, that the aircraft details/photo issue will soon be fixed once and for all.
Quote from: DaveReid on October 04, 2009, 07:21:07 AM
You might want to take the opportunity to correct the type code in your NavData.db3 database - "B73B" isn't a valid ICAO code. RAAF A36-002 is a 737-7DF (ICAO B737) and I note that there are another 100 or so "B73B"s in my NavData, most should be ICAO B737s or B738s.
Is there somewhere I can get an up to date list (like from the airframes.org you mentioned recently) and populate all the missing/incorrect fields in a bulk update somehow?
Quote from: pjm on October 04, 2009, 08:44:18 AM
Is there somewhere I can get an up to date list (like from the airframes.org you mentioned recently) and populate all the missing/incorrect fields in a bulk update somehow?
You can easily verify what is and isn't a valid ICAO Type Designator by using ICAO's own website at www.icao.int/anb/ais/8643 and then you can use any of the SQLite utilities to do a batch update of your NavData.db3.
I can't understand why AirNav haven't done that themselves, there's really no excuse. But as I said in my last post, issues like this should shortly be a thing of the past.