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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.

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

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

I take it Heli's can squawk 1200 as well and maybe the tracker just defaults that to aircraft not heli?

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.

Nafenn wrote:its just like 2000 means Out of Controlled airspace...

Squawk 2000 is used for IFR A/C OCTA.

Squawk Code 1200 is used for VFR A/C OCTA.

Cheers, CC

TF-AMD - Air Atlanta Icelandic - Boeing 747-243B Freighter

Operating for Cargolux

Parked on Bay 50

AO11912 wrote:TF-AMD - Air Atlanta Icelandic - Boeing 747-243B Freighter

Operating for Cargolux

Parked on Bay 50

Departed for WMKK (Kuala Lumpur) at 0213 (21/12) as ABD027P.

Yep was pushing JQ109 as it took off

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.

Global Express OE-IEL departed Perth for Male at 1355 as Flight No TJS21.

Cheers

Carsten