Any members in the Washington DC area

a reply to: Zaphod58

Click to activate filters, and you can set it to military.

Do you have to subscribe to get that feature ,

a reply to: Zaphod58

Seems like a bad idea. Had to have cost them a fortune.

a reply to: hutch622

No, you don't have to subscribe to get anything with it.

a reply to: Bfirez

Probably. Although it really is sort of an offshoot of the folding wingtip they were already trying to develop, so they could have used some of the tech from that.

a reply to: Zaphod58

This what i get .

a reply to: hutch622

On the ADS-B Exchange website? Weird, I haven't seen anything requiring subscriptions.

a reply to: Zaphod58

maybe its an Australian thing . It came up with my location on opening .

a reply to: hutch622

It might be.



That's what it looks like for me.

a reply to: Zaphod58

My bad , i was on Flightradar24.com.

a reply to: hutch622

Well. That explains it then.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Got it now , not much happening here .

a reply to: hutch622

I don't usually catch much down that way. The P-8s and E-7 pop up though.

a reply to: Zaphod58

One helicopter , 2 planes , one not identified by type .

a reply to: Zaphod58

Thought we might have something patrolling up north , i thought that was an almost constant thing .

a reply to: hutch622

Not everything shows up. Sometimes you'll see it on the list, but it won't show up on the map. And as you've seen, sometimes they don't show type. I've seen two U-2s over California, but I know there have been more than just the two flying since I started watching.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Its quite interesting and i am sure i will navigate the site better with time . I clicked on the location for a wedgetail in the currently airborne list and it says its near Vegas , training perhaps ?

a reply to: hutch622

Red Flag. It ends today.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: gription

Your best bet is to find somewhere to stake out Andrews.

I believe this is I'll advised.

Have you ever been to Andrews?

I have worked there (right after 9/11......so maybe security is a little less now but I doubt it). They'll shoot you if Airforce One is landing and you are not in a building. They'll shoot a fox that happens to run out in the air strip.

I have some great stories from there though. It was an interesting couple months.

a reply to: Lughnasadh

I've staked out plenty of bases, and facilities, including higher security than Andrews. If you are on non-base property, they can't do anything but maybe take your information, or have the local police ask you to leave. They certainly won't "shoot you if Air Force One is landing". They have zero control over non-military property.

a reply to: Zaphod58

The best one I ever caught over New England was one of the NASA WB-57s. A U-2 seems almost mundane compared to those things...

And of course I'm back home now when there's something really cool at Andrews. Nothing sums up the wretched technological excess of 1980s/1990s Japan like variable winglets on the VIP 747s. It reminds me of the Supra engine-based V-12 that Toyota designed just for the Century.