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Written by Denis Warburton on 2025-01-01 at 00:35

I’d like to congratulate the owners of N566XL for having an aircraft which DOES NOT transmit ALTITUDE. Good work! ffs

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Written by Denis Warburton on 2025-01-01 at 00:36

I was wondering why I had lengthy recent aircraft tracks that were showing up at 0 feet in altitude. Apparently, this is why.

The data from ADS-B craft is often… ‘amazing.’

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Written by Denis Warburton on 2025-01-01 at 00:42

… and now they’re back in the air, with their transponder sending valid altitude data….

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Written by Denis Warburton on 2025-01-01 at 01:30

To put this in the main thread, and not just in a reply…

I pulled the tracking data for this craft from my ADS-B system, and processed it to create GPX tracks.

Based on 2 prior flights, I suspect this may be a plane with an aviation school, out of KHWO.

Since it was only failing to report altitude for the first 2.5 mile leg as it approached KHWO, that may have been a (simulated) equipment failure. (Once the craft was a block or so from the airport, the altitude information returned.)

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Written by Denis Warburton on 2025-01-01 at 01:32

All that being said, this is very weird - and something I’ve not seen with any frequency before today.

I’ll have to see if there are any other irregularities in the compiled tracking data, on my RAID.

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