Figured I'd start a thread for unique, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy aircraft discovered through my PlanePlotter setup.
For anyone who is interested, I have got PP running for little more than the cost of an RTLSDR and a couple pieces of software (total price well below $100). This includes the ability to do multilateration, which locates aircraft which aren't sending position reports.
Anyway, here's some of the aircraft I've come across in the week or two since starting up PP:
ICAO24 (Mode-S code): 400680
Mark (tail number): G-WJAN
Flight: WJA3004
Type: Boeing 757-21K
Desc: One of the very few Boeing 757 aircraft WestJet flies (operated by Thomas Cook on their behalf).
ICAO24: 4007DF
Mark: G-FCLJ
Flight: WJA3009
Type: Boeing 757-2YO
Desc: Another WestJet 757. According to FlightAware, the 3xxx flight numbers are typically from/to Hawaii-Calgary.
ICAO24: 43E7AB
Mark: M-RBUS
Type: Airbus A319
Desc: Listed as being owned by "Global Jet Luxembourg" - comments on photos on airliners.net imply this is the personal corporate Airbus of one of Google's founders.
ICAO24: A00084
Mark: N1FE
Type: Bombardier BD-700 Global Express (executive jet)
Desc: Federal Express's executive transport. FlightAware says FedEx has blocked this aircraft from being publicly tracked on FlightAware's site.
ICAO24: AE04FD
Mark: 58-0095
Type: Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker
Desc: USAF tanker, built in 1958, flying as REACH95
ICAO24: AE07B6
Mark: 62-3519
Type: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
Desc: USAF tanker, built in 1962, flying as RCH224
ICAO24: AE2FA5
Mark: 08-8193
Type: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
Desc: USAF, virtually brand new compared to the others (2008), flying as RCH318
ICAO24: AE4DDD
Mark: 11-0550
Type: Gulfstream C-37B (G550)
Desc: USAF G550 not sending a callsign.
ICAO24: C006E0
Mark: C-FCPR
Type: Cessna 680 Citation Soveriegn
Desc: Canadian Pacific Railways' executive transport. Again, blocked from public tracking on FlightAware.
ICAO24: C0083E
Mark: C-FDDD
Type: British Aerospace Hawker 125-800A (H25B)
Desc: Owned by "Hawker West" out of Calgary, enjoying Palm Springs FL, Scottsdale AZ, and Bowen Field (Boise, ID) over the past few days.
ICAO24: C00D75
Mark: C-FFCM
Type: Cessna Citation 525B CJ3 twin-jet
Desc: Numbered Alberta company flying out of Springbank (they do jets now!).
ICAO24: C012C7
Mark: C-FHCW
Type: Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200
Desc: "Air Partners" from Calgary, seen in Calgary area on 2/26, as of 2/27 1700 MST is partway between Montreal and Keflavik, Iceland.
ICAO24: C2B1BB
Mark: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Desc: Some kind of Canadian Forces craft (all C2xxxx ICAO24s are Canforce)
Don't have any with particularly amusing/funny callsigns so far (I thought "MRBUS", see above, was one at first).
More to come as things develop.
For anyone who is interested, I have got PP running for little more than the cost of an RTLSDR and a couple pieces of software (total price well below $100). This includes the ability to do multilateration, which locates aircraft which aren't sending position reports.
Anyway, here's some of the aircraft I've come across in the week or two since starting up PP:
ICAO24 (Mode-S code): 400680
Mark (tail number): G-WJAN
Flight: WJA3004
Type: Boeing 757-21K
Desc: One of the very few Boeing 757 aircraft WestJet flies (operated by Thomas Cook on their behalf).
ICAO24: 4007DF
Mark: G-FCLJ
Flight: WJA3009
Type: Boeing 757-2YO
Desc: Another WestJet 757. According to FlightAware, the 3xxx flight numbers are typically from/to Hawaii-Calgary.
ICAO24: 43E7AB
Mark: M-RBUS
Type: Airbus A319
Desc: Listed as being owned by "Global Jet Luxembourg" - comments on photos on airliners.net imply this is the personal corporate Airbus of one of Google's founders.
ICAO24: A00084
Mark: N1FE
Type: Bombardier BD-700 Global Express (executive jet)
Desc: Federal Express's executive transport. FlightAware says FedEx has blocked this aircraft from being publicly tracked on FlightAware's site.
ICAO24: AE04FD
Mark: 58-0095
Type: Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker
Desc: USAF tanker, built in 1958, flying as REACH95
ICAO24: AE07B6
Mark: 62-3519
Type: Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
Desc: USAF tanker, built in 1962, flying as RCH224
ICAO24: AE2FA5
Mark: 08-8193
Type: Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
Desc: USAF, virtually brand new compared to the others (2008), flying as RCH318
ICAO24: AE4DDD
Mark: 11-0550
Type: Gulfstream C-37B (G550)
Desc: USAF G550 not sending a callsign.
ICAO24: C006E0
Mark: C-FCPR
Type: Cessna 680 Citation Soveriegn
Desc: Canadian Pacific Railways' executive transport. Again, blocked from public tracking on FlightAware.
ICAO24: C0083E
Mark: C-FDDD
Type: British Aerospace Hawker 125-800A (H25B)
Desc: Owned by "Hawker West" out of Calgary, enjoying Palm Springs FL, Scottsdale AZ, and Bowen Field (Boise, ID) over the past few days.
ICAO24: C00D75
Mark: C-FFCM
Type: Cessna Citation 525B CJ3 twin-jet
Desc: Numbered Alberta company flying out of Springbank (they do jets now!).
ICAO24: C012C7
Mark: C-FHCW
Type: Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200
Desc: "Air Partners" from Calgary, seen in Calgary area on 2/26, as of 2/27 1700 MST is partway between Montreal and Keflavik, Iceland.
ICAO24: C2B1BB
Mark: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Desc: Some kind of Canadian Forces craft (all C2xxxx ICAO24s are Canforce)
Don't have any with particularly amusing/funny callsigns so far (I thought "MRBUS", see above, was one at first).
More to come as things develop.