Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#

[RobertPBham]

Hi all,

Did a great bit of flying today - I had the PAW running and met many aircraft on my travels (a route from Wellesbourne, through Coventry, over the top of Birmingham, down to Gloucester and then back to Wellesbourne) - a special mention to #LEEPAW# - this person was flying just south of Wellesbourne and was flagged up by SkyDemon via PAW - I found it especially amusing watching the track as #LEEPAW# came behind us and followed our track like a fighter jet. :-) Wellesbourne were running their PAW as well!

I have definitely seen a massive up take in ADSB and PAW from the traffic I was detecting today compared to other flights last year! There were a couple of aircraft that passed by today that had no transponder or PAW turned on (I know there are other options). It's a great shame as it gives you great situational awareness - I don't think I would have spotted #LEEPAW# until they were a lot closer due to the haze and sun - I was aware of #LEEPAW# 6 miles before I was visual due to PAW!

Thanks
Rob

[Admin]

Busted!

Yes that was me and Keith out today doing some testing for an upcoming new piece of tech yet to be announced.
Were you g-zero ?

Thx
Lee

[RobertPBham]

No, I was in G-OOMA. I believe the PAW name is set to that as that's what I've got set for the HEX ID.

Were there two separate planes - I'm sure I got a couple of readings with two planes on top of each other but then 'lost' the other plane!

[Keithvinning]

Yes we definitely saw G-OOMA as we came back from South of Banbury on a special project. Chased you for a bit then chased someone else who was Mode S either below or above as we purposely changed altitude. Great fun

Keith

[Paul_Sengupta]

G-ZERO is an AA5 out of Turweston. I've sort of been stalking them. 

[exfirepro]

Didn't have you down as a stalker Paul, 

Regards

Peter

[RobertPBham]

The new piece of 'tech' sounds exciting - would this be a separate piece of hardware or additional functionality within PAW?

Obviously not expecting you to reveal any top secret details but just intrigued!

[Keithvinning]

Yes yes no yes yes but not necessarily in that order.