Funny or Unusual Flight IDs

[cornish rebel]

Got this one today AA71 N7942B C172 at FL320 Going oceanic going to Dallas Fort worth turns out to be the wrong mode s code so it says on Airframes.org it should be a B777 I thought it was a funny to see a Cessna at that hight and speed going out over the Atlantic I thought it was some sort of new record attempt lol :)

[DaveReid]

Got this one today AA71 N7942B C172 at FL320 Going oceanic going to Dallas Fort worth turns out to be the wrong mode s code so it says on Airframes.org it should be a B777 I thought it was a funny to see a Cessna at that hight and speed going out over the Atlantic I thought it was some sort of new record attempt lol :)

It's been miscoded for at least the last three and a half years, nobody seems to care.

[Fenris]

So, do the ATC SSR systems make any use of the Mode S code? Cross check it against separation distances for widebodies for instance? I assume they don't or such a miscode would be pretty obvious and trigger some sort of alert.

[Pinza]

TARTN is 101 squadron VC10 tankers. Most transport are ASCOT or RRR

hope this helps,

Paul

Thanks for that, Paul.

Chris

[DaveReid]

So, do the ATC SSR systems make any use of the Mode S code? Cross check it against separation distances for widebodies for instance? I assume they don't or such a miscode would be pretty obvious and trigger some sort of alert.

Yes they do, but only in a very few defined bits of airspace such as Canada's Hudson Bay.

[CAM]

AE285D  BALLS11 2009/10/30 13:36:50 

Unknown aircraft making a Balls ?

CAM

[freqhopping]

AE285D  BALLS11 2009/10/30 13:36:50 

Unknown aircraft making a Balls ?

CAM

That's a Lakenheath 493rd F-15 callsign.  Nothing odd about that.

[jetset]

43C38B  ZZZZZZZZ  ZH536   BN2T  UK - Air Force       2009/10/31 16:05:49

This is always cropping up but first time I've seen it with this callsign.

Must be as bored a me

[RodBearden]

Rod

[Fenris]

AE285D  BALLS11 2009/10/30 13:36:50 

Unknown aircraft making a Balls ?

CAM

That's a Lakenheath 493rd F-15 callsign.  Nothing odd about that.

US MIL (particularly the Air Force) tend to use balls to refer to zeroes.

The Edwards-based B52s were always referred to as 'Balls 8' and 'Balls 3', their serials ended in 008 and 003 respectively.

[freqhopping]

Currently have C-FMZR displaying SEXY1215.

Yesterday USAF C-20 86-0204 showed WHOME.
And a local A-10 pilot has been programming the birds he flies with 15SSUCK

Thursday American Airlines N811NN showed FRIGGIN

[CoastGuardJon]

Good to know some of them have a sense of humour (or should that be humor?)!

[Pinza]

Mode S AE25D5 (unkown to me) is currently in range of my Midlands based indoor antenna at 33,100, sqwarking 6402 with the slightly ominous flight ID of "Death11"

[EK01]

Mode S AE25D5 (unkown to me) is currently in range of my Midlands based indoor antenna at 33,100, sqwarking 6402 with the slightly ominous flight ID of "Death11"

Pinza,
According to Libhomeradar, this mode S code relates to a USAF F-15. No reg given though.

Cheers,
Ian

[viking9]

This is a Lakenheath F-15. Lakenheath aircraft have their hex codes swapped frequently so impossible to confirm tail number unless eyballed.

Tom