ACARS logs and drones

RexMundi

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Hello everyone - I'm not sure what to make of the drone sightings, but I was just wondering if anyone has seen any communication within their ACARS logs that reveal anything. Any messages within ACARS regarding airplanes sighting drones? You would think if airline crews were seeing anything, there would be a few ACARS messages about them!

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ind224

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Real time incidents (including lasers) are usually by voice to ATC. Indy has a laser alerts all the time never heard a drone report. Pilots new to the area ask about the blinking reds at wind farm in Benton Co and when Starlink is visible. Yes, they might send a message via ACARS but I wager it will be a tough catch.
 

BinaryMode

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The LiveATC archives of audio could help. You'd have to use a program like Audacity or Wavepad to easily go to each recording in the audio file as it's not VOX recorded but rather a continuous recording. Which is great for time keeping though... I mean, if you listen to a half past the hour recording and listen to audio at 10 minutes in that would be 40 past the hour...
 
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