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charlie

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Santa
« on: December 05, 2009, 03:00:00 PM »
I have only been running my AirNav Box for about 9 months.

Just windering if the big man who wears a red suit has ModeS fitted to this mode of transport for his work on and around the 25th of December????
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Re: Santa
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2009, 03:22:00 PM »
Yes his flight number is Rudolph 1. I had a problem last year because of the 5 minute network delay, one minute he is in Asia,next Europe. However I expect great things of the real time network this year, I may even be able to spot him!
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Re: Santa
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 03:42:06 PM »
See the logos thread for his Flight ID and logo.

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Re: Santa
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2009, 05:05:55 PM »
Cheers

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Re: Santa
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2009, 05:36:19 PM »
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Re: Santa
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2009, 05:44:54 PM »
I heard that Santa had problems last year due to the cold affecting the battery power supply to the Mode S transponder - always a problem when operating an aircraft without an engine.  Hopefully technology will have advanced a bit over the last 12 months.
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Fenris

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Re: Santa
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2009, 07:22:40 PM »
All you need is a methane feed off the reindeer, then use that to power a small Stirling engine to produce electrickery and voila, Mode-S.
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Re: Santa
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2009, 10:20:27 PM »
How's this for sad then, the only reindeer with antlers at Christmas time are females, males have long since lost their's!
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Re: Santa
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2009, 11:24:41 AM »
Quote from: Allocator on December 05, 2009, 05:44:54 PM
I heard that Santa had problems last year due to the cold affecting the battery power supply to the Mode S transponder - always a problem when operating an aircraft without an engine.

The battery must have failed sometime after flying over the Highlands of Scotland.  I caught him last year over the west coast, en-route to the UK and then on to Europe.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarbat/4162059797/sizes/o/

I even managed to video some of the flight last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox-wddqnRc4

Definately one to look out for this Yuletide ho ho ho ;)
http://www.noradsanta.org/
http://www.facebook.com/noradsanta
http://twitter.com/noradsanta
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charlie

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Re: Santa
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2009, 12:04:32 PM »
Tarbat

Looks like he was southbound.

Hopefully he should pass near my location (Huntingdon).

The RadarBox will be running.

You never know if 3D is out we'll get an even better view

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