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Title: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: RobertPBham on April 08, 2017, 08:04:52 pm
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
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: Admin on April 08, 2017, 08:48:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: RobertPBham on April 08, 2017, 09:22:48 pm
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!
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: Keithvinning on April 08, 2017, 11:11:36 pm
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
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: Paul_Sengupta on April 09, 2017, 12:53:52 am
G-ZERO is an AA5 out of Turweston. I've sort of been stalking them.  ;D
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: exfirepro on April 09, 2017, 07:40:55 am
Didn't have you down as a stalker Paul,  8) ;)

Regards

Peter
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: RobertPBham on April 09, 2017, 04:05:09 pm
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!
Title: Re: Great flight - saw #LEEPAW#
Post by: Keithvinning on April 09, 2017, 09:13:06 pm
Yes yes no yes yes but not necessarily in that order.