Why do some airplanes just disappear if I am following them? Well it happens other times too.But there was one that was right close to where my residence is, so I was having fun tracking it. I could hear it so it made it that much more enjoyable–I do not know if there is a delay on this thing or nor… Then Boom it went stealth on me?
Why? And do they know someone on the ground is tracking them?
All my days as a cop… I never got one iota of any of this training. I do not know the least about it—Except it is probably one of the most magical man made experiences in life…
Sorry The MS makes me babble----I do believe I did have a point and a question too.
Yes, the TSA or CIA or KGB says data is to be delayed about 6 minutes.
To show here the aircraft must be;
not military
not blocked by the owner
have an ATC assigned transponder code which means either on an IFR flight or receiving VFR advisories from the appropriate ATC facility.
Aircraft that you are watching that disappear would normally mean they either canceled the IFR flight plan or terminated VFR advisories and changed the transponder to the generic VFR code. The other times I’ve noticed them disappearing is when control over the aircraft changes from an enroute center to a local approach control facility. For some reason some disappear and some don’t.
There is no way to know if you are being tracked by someone other than ATC but you can assume that you are if you meet the above requirements.
I was just giving him a bad time about ending up in a garden spot (not) like Ontario. Hotel California is an old song, one of the lines is …you can’t check out.
He flies an airplane that is used for some sort of aerial survey work.
They end up all over the place.
For something else to do try www.liveatc.net they have some live feeds of various ATC facilities. I’m overseas and like to listen to the tower in my home town while watching the action on flight aware.
We picked Ontario because it’s such a fun place with a lot activity to keep us entertained on the nights we don’t fly. We also enjoy wasting 1.5 hrs of fuel getting to & from the OA. Could you imagine how terrible it would be if we were in Vegas with every other night off, max performance climbs to mission altitude & high penetration descents to the airport from F340 & 34nm. Ontario is way better
Staying at the hotel CA - Coffee/$3.00 per cup & beer $6.00 a bottle
lol, I hate those max performance climbs and descents. No fun at all… Kind of like doing 300 to the OM.
roger on the costs. No doubt you’re saving a lot of money in Ontario. Next time stay in Barstow. It would be a good compromise…cough.
ontario,riverside,san berdoo would call that the armpit, not the garden spot. i tried to listen to liveatc.com and follow flights in sea, and the six minute delay really messed me up, so i quit doing both at the same time.
I was in Taft last week, made Bakersfield look pretty nice. So nice I drove 40 miles to Bakersfield and spent the night returning the Taft the next day.
Born and raised in the Bakersfield area. Just stating fact, definitely NOT bragging.
Granted, I am lumping Buttonwillow, Taft, Wasco, Shafter, Maricopa, and Arvin all in with Bakersfield, but sill, that whole area is the armpit of California. It actually starts around the Delano, McFarland area, and heads south to the Grapevine…
No doubt you’re saving a lot of money in Ontario. Next time stay in Barstow. It would be a good compromise…cough.
