Interesting Aircraft

[golf]

Hello
Just spotted Kalitta Air N704CK Boeing 744 over Southampton.. Bit strange as crashed in Brussels 2008. I guess the transponder from N704CK must be in something else. Any ideas. Cheers Pete

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi see below this is the Dreamlifter which went into Prestwick yesterday. Why so many hits(attached below) on my box?

   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:25  
   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:57:36  
   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:07  
   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:13  
   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:43  
   A25188  EIA IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:05:02  
   A25188  EIA512 1 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:59:58  
   A25188  EIA512 1 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:04:58  
   A25188  EIA512 B LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:04:43  
   A25188  EIA512 V LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:54:59  
   A25188  EIA51251 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:54:49  
   A25188  EIA51251 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:23  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:08  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:09  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:36  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:37  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:48  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:57:54  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:57:55  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:58:02  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:03  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:04  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:10  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:11  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:58  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:27  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:28  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:55  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:02:56  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:04:48  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:04:50  
   A25188  EIA5127  LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:05:06  
   A25188  EIA5IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:46  
   A25188  EIA5IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:55:48  
   A25188  EIA5IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:57:55  
   A25188  EIA5IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 01:57:56  
   A25188  EIA5IA51 LIBG-KCHS       N249BA  B744  Boeing               2009/12/12 02:00:32

John

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi I have these for AF1 ADFEB5 Jade55 74-0787 E4B ht 30025 sqwk 3375. AF1 ADFDF9 92-9000 ht 32000 sqwk 7662. ADFDE3 S50050 C20C 85-0050 Ht 40000 sqwk 0303. ADFEB9 C-32A S93 99-0003 ht 32000 sqwk 3375.

John

Hi Michael
Hope this helps an e.g for Airforce one AF1 above is Mode S ADFDF9, registration 92-9000, height ht 32000 and squawk code sqwk 7662.

Re the other Mil aircraft look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-4
and here
http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/index.asp

John

[viking9]

2315Z -  A8F54C DHC2 Beaver N67667 Venture Travel LLC. Climbing to FL130 squawk 0375.

Tom

[DaveReid]

2315Z -  A8F54C DHC2 Beaver N67667 Venture Travel LLC. Climbing to FL130 squawk 0375.

Sounds a bit unlikely - it's a long way from home, and rather high for an unpressurised aircraft.

[DaveReid]

Just spotted Kalitta Air N704CK Boeing 744 over Southampton.. Bit strange as crashed in Brussels 2008. I guess the transponder from N704CK must be in something else. Any ideas.

No mystery here.  N-numbers get re-used, as in this case.

[DaveReid]

2315Z -  A8F54C DHC2 Beaver N67667 Venture Travel LLC. Climbing to FL130 squawk 0375.

Sounds a bit unlikely - it's a long way from home, and rather high for an unpressurised aircraft.

Reportedly a Twin Otter on delivery from Viking to the Maldives.

[AirNav Development]

Offtopic: anyone noticed we hit a record? This topic had 100K views today. :-)

[viking9]

Sounds a bit unlikely - it's a long way from home, and rather high for an unpressurised aircraft
Reportedly a Twin Otter on delivery from Viking to the Maldives.

Well, it may well be a Twin Otter but it certainly is not too high for a Beaver, the service ceiling of which, if I remember rightly, is 15,000'.  I frequently flew Army Beavers at FL120 on airways in the 60's and 70's.

I also frequently flew gliders up and down the Pennines in wave in excess of 15,000'. I can't remember a 'pressurisation' switch in any of them. :o)

Tom

[DaveReid]

Well, it may well be a Twin Otter but it certainly is not too high for a Beaver, the service ceiling of which, if I remember rightly, is 15,000'.  I frequently flew Army Beavers at FL120 on airways in the 60's and 70's.

I also frequently flew gliders up and down the Pennines in wave in excess of 15,000'. I can't remember a 'pressurisation' switch in any of them. :o)

Fair enough - in fact the Twotter isn't pressurised either.  Nor the Shorts 330/360 - I've made plenty of cups of lukewarm coffee in those at FL150  :-)

[Neilman2424]

saw this in my log today

[Neilman2424]

also saw this

[Neilman2424]

AND THIS

[Neilman2424]

oooo and a french airforce mirage 2000c

[RodBearden]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, Nielman2424, but you need to check some of these Mode-S codes, especially European military ones (I suggest www.airframes.org). It appears that the Mirage 2000 is actually a TBM-700 :-(

Trouble is that RB currently looks up the registration - in this case "100", in Airliners.net, and grabs the first matching one that it finds. As "100" is not unique, this can lead to bad information.

ArNav apparently plan to get this procedure more bullet-proof in the (near?) future.

Rod