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maus92 said:
Unless they (what agency?) are somehow flying under special rules / on a NSM, pretty sure they are squawking something. Perhaps they are not Mode S equipped, not on an IFR flight plan, etc. I would have to know more about the flight profile. Extremely doubtful that they just turned their transponder off because that would FU ATC routing (transponders also report altitude.) Maybe they've been assigned an altitude block, need more info. Even the Fed's LE aircraft are assigned transponder codes. Cannot speak to them being ADS-B equipped yet however.
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Feds like FBI are still active in the DC area but they stopped using mode-s and went to mode C because of all the website articles about tracking their surveillance flights. Occasionally I'll hear a LIMO flight with ATC.
 
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Just landed in Houston TX SAM41 tail number 92-9000, Rehersal underway for transfer of body to SAM41 for movement back to Washington. Photos Courtesy of my friends at KHOU TV


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I know the sites to use, but could not find the flight. (Unless it was the "blocked" flight, that would have been in the expected distance range.)

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It was not blocked, however it fell off ads-b between approximately Mississippi and Texas. Might not be feed providers in that area. As you can see from my earlier post/photos, it has now landed.
 
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SAM 41 Returning to Washington DC

Tracking SAM 41 as it returns to Washington DC With the body of Former President George HW Bush
 
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Did you notice they changed squawk while enroute? Leaving Houston it was 7275 but when landing it was 2127.

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It's routine for flights of any type to be assigned new squawks as they enter different airspace.





Expect there to be a combat air patrol on Wednesday due to all the VIPs being in one location at the same time. A TFR has been established.
WITHIN THE AREA DESCRIBED AS DC SFRA SFC-17999FT MSL. EFFECTIVE 1812051400 UTC (0900 LOCAL 12/05/18) UNTIL 1812051900 UTC
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Yesterday (3 Dec) was out putting up some Christmas decorations. Around 1300 local an Egyptian C-130, in full desert camo, passed over the house on final for BWI.

Didn't have radio with me so don't know callsign he used.
 
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Guys,

Yesterday (3 Dec) was out putting up some Christmas decorations. Around 1300 local an Egyptian C-130, in full desert camo, passed over the house on final for BWI.

Didn't have radio with me so don't know callsign he used.
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Couple of them in area yesterday Ron on mode s.

Around 6am local EGY1124 #1290 climbing up here assume departing.
Just after 1:05 pm local EGY1125 #1279 level at 8k here.. Probably your bird inbound.
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freqhopping said:
Feds like FBI are still active in the DC area but they stopped using mode-s and went to mode C because of all the website articles about tracking their surveillance flights. Occasionally I'll hear a LIMO flight with ATC.
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Interesting. Can't wait for 2020 to see how they get around the ADS-B mandate.

Also, a couple points of clarification. Standard Mode S transponders do not support ADS-B as they send a "short squit" when interrogated by ground radar or TCAS that contains only 7 parameters, one being an aircraft ID. ES transponders send an "extended squit" once per second containing up to 49 parameters, including a more descriptive aircraft ID, GPS location and other data that enables ADS-B functionality. Plain old Mode C transponders send 3 parameters, one being pressure altitude. Some standard Mode S transponders can be upgraded to ES transponders by updating software and / or system boards. Pilots don't differentiate between Mode C and Mode S; they simple select "ALT" just prior to takeoff (sometimes done on ground prior to entering airport movement areas,) whether the transponder is either C, S, or ES capable. Note that this applies to civilian type aircraft and avionics - military type aircraft use transponders have more modes and crypto capabilities, although some military trainers and utility aircraft use civilian avionics.
 
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GAF GL5T 14+01 inbound for Dulles. Angela Merkel ?

World leaders to be attending the Bush funeral
King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan
Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove and Lynne Cosgrove
Polish President Andrzej Duda
Former Polish President Lech Walesa
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Charles, Prince of Wales
Former Mexican President Carlos Salinas
Former UK Prime Minister John Major and Norma Major
Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, prince of Bahrain and personal representative of the king of Bahrain
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda
Former Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Former Portuguese President Anibal Vaco Silva
Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah
Former Premier of Bermuda John Swan



Anybody know who/what RONDO71 was? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/RONDO71
I actually had my PlanePlotter running today for a change but it wasn't configured to create the daily report so I don't have it logged.

2020- I just found the air>air for the two VP-30 P-8A passing over now. 246.9 "dirty cheerleader"
I haven't found anything on the net for any squadron freqs.
 
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maus92 said:
Interesting. Can't wait for 2020 to see how they get around the ADS-B mandate.
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The FAA has no authority to tell other federal agencies what to do. Just like how they do not get licensed via the FCC. Granted, they try to be cordial, and coordinate, etc.

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NOBLE01 inbound to CAP. ZDC Blackstone 235.625 direct Andrews
ZOMBIE56 KC-10 79-0433 coming in from McGuire from the north.

All cleared into the CAP. Boom freq is 247.05
HUNTRESS and GUARDDOG are booming for me today.
0857- First AR about to happen, if it wasn't so cloudy I'd see them right now.

F-15s are 88-1707 and 87-0201
#2 having some secondary radio issues
Air to air tests on 233.55/267.25/233.4

0945- NOBLE11 flight is enroute from Homestead.

0949- GYPSY11 flight with ZDC 235.625
 
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