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Lou

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Crane with ADS`B
« on: February 18, 2016, 10:17:30 PM »
A crane on the glidepath to London City Airport has its own ADS`B beacon, I`ve not seen this before and wondered if it was unusual
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2016, 10:57:52 PM »
So there is! No, I've never seen this sort of thing before - seeing where it is, it looks like a sensible precaution, especially if it really is 150ft tall and so close to the approach path. I would have thought it was lower than the Emirates Airline cable car towers, though, and it's right next to them.

It is presently apparently doing 1kt northbound - wonder where it will be tomorrow!
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2016, 07:56:09 AM »
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2016, 11:50:54 AM »
Go on Rod silhouette for that one then. ;-)
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2016, 12:10:24 PM »
Interesting observation...  Quite often I see Ground Vehicles with ADS-B leave the airport and drive to a restaurant or something..Fun to see!

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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2016, 04:41:36 PM »
I`ve been to have a look today and the likliest crane is probably about a hundred and fifty feet high plus it has an angled jib extending about another seventy five feet,bearing in mind that this part of the glide slope appears to be under five hundred feet it must make things pretty hairy for the pilots in strong winds
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2016, 05:12:45 PM »
See the logos thread - specially for Dave!
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2016, 06:48:34 PM »
Top marks Rod, can`t JIB at that.
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Re: Crane with ADS`B
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2016, 09:32:33 PM »
The crane is now up to two hundred and eighty five feet
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