yorky wrote:Nothing on the Flight Tracker around that time accept for what appears to be an aircraft flying at very low level up and down the coast (does it look a little strange to you Nafenn? Tracker says its cruising up and down at only 25-50meters).
No heli's.
it does, 50 meters is around 150', which is VERY low. Considering it is Squawking 1200, it means that its a VFR aircraft.
my guess would be Polair, because no normal aircraft (by normal i mean not cops/fireys) would fly that low - not even shark patrolls (legally they cant go below 500').
Considering where the map says it comes from (Jandakot - YPJT), and only Rescue 65 and POLAIR go from there.... yeah - one of them probably.
Nathan Fenn
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yorky wrote:So a possible error that its a helo and not aircraft I guess. Either way yes, yes there was a flying object around there that time but unidentified
I have seen Polair61 indenting on the tracker as POL61 correctly before however
in that situation he is unidentified.
from my uinderstanding: the program takes information from radar. When an aircraft Squawks 1200 - it only transmits its altitude and location... no other information transmits. even if they filed a flight plan, if there is no controller they cant assign a sq code, no sq code - no information transmitted by the Transponder, or received by radar: no speed, no callsign, only altitude and location
Nathan Fenn
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yorky wrote:I take it Heli's can squawk 1200 as well and maybe the tracker just defaults that to aircraft not heli?
yep, 1200 designates a VFR aircraft, Fixed wing, or Rotary... its just like 2000 means Out of Controlled airspace, 7700 means energency, and 7600 means comms failure. its just a specialty code.
Nathan Fenn
WARSUG Aviation Band & Reviews Moderator
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SA-NTA seen flying last night around Western Australia at an altitude of around 50 feet
two seater sleigh
unknown payload
powered by reindeer from the north pole
Expected again in 365 days time.
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