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ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

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karlbutler
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ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by karlbutler » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:26 am

According to the above site theres a USN E6 circling over mid cornwall ?

Can anyone confirm this ?

Tango ????


?????? 249249
United States Navy TANGO
Unknown or unassigned country Civil
Boeing E-6B Mercury (TACAMO) E6


Altitude:

3800 ft


Speed:

37.0 kts


Heading:

251.0°


Vertical Speed:

1441 ft/m


Squawk:

7063


Species:

Landplane


Transponder:

ADS-B


Latitude:

50.30550°


Longitude:

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by rh226 » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:39 am

Hex code [249249] is one of those "volatile" codes and is used by a lot of aircraft of different types and countries. The binary equivalent is 001001001001001001001001 (octal is 11111111)- which as you can see is a "lazy" input.

The trouble is that a USN E-6 has used this code in the past and it has become entered on databases, thus giving a false impression as to what the aircraft really is.

One of our RN Sea Kings uses this hex code - I can't remember which one. However Merlins and Typhoons have also used it.
Cheers, Bob

karlbutler
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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by karlbutler » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:42 am

I am VERY new to this kind of tracking etc and really don't understand what it all means - but thanks for clearing that up :-)

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by Chough » Wed Apr 06, 2016 10:56 am

Hi from breezy mid-Cornwall.. Only aircraft seen this morning: C-130J routing east at 2000 ft or so and a Twin Otter.. I'll keep looking !

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by Fighterfoto » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:03 pm

Saw this too but track, altitude and airspeed suggest this was a helo.
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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by Skymaster » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:23 pm

Seaking XV671 has been known to use 249249, as well as a few other USAF types.

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by EGDR » Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:41 pm

Not sure if it's XV671 (quite a few of 849's aircraft have used it), but it's certainly a Sea King ASaC.7.

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by skywatch » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:37 pm

This bit really should have given the game away :P :whistle: ;)


Altitude:

3800 ft


Speed:

37.0 kts

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Re: ADS B EXCHANGE USN E6 over mid cornwall now

Post by MRTT » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:45 pm

Any particular reason why you've brought a thread back that was last posted in 5 months ago?

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