Cheap Shot
Critical Thinker
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2007
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There is still the UAL175 flight on the same screen. Why would they not be in exactly the same place ? If they both apply to the same aircraft, their behaviour should match. If N175F is a ghost track, I'd expect the *real* UAL175 track to behave more correctly within the FlightExplorer software.
Also implies the FlightExplorer gets to *see* controller ghost tracks.
That field is used to denote height.
That field is used to denote speed, not height.
Suggested values are in the wrong field.
That was the statement that was fully accepted by the, er, locals.
I don't really think it explains a lot.
1) UAL175 is not in the same place as N175F
2) The suggested manual field values are in the wrong fields
3) It's simply a *suggestion*. A might-have.
However, as I've already said, FlightExplorer didn't respond to my enquiries, so I don't really have a way personally to progress. I'd need to see raw data for all relevant flights, and a more detailed explanation from FlightExplorer about how the system functions.
I do believe I got it right on the correct fields, but for what it's worthit is flight explorer which is a dumbed down version of the FAA TSD, which we wouldn't use for anythig regarding an accident or any type of investigation. I don't know the link to my original rersponse on flight explorer, but trying to use that for anything would be a joke. if you have a question for me I will do my best to answer it. I beleive the thread was about this being the best site for debunking some of the theories out there. So what I am saying to you is that if you want to debunk a theory and everyone here is telling you the RADES data is what you should use, then I think I would take that avenue. Basing a theory or trying to explain why the targets disn't do what they should have done on flight explorer is a waste of time.
Flights on flight explorer are going to do several different things, if it has a flightplan associated with it, and the flight was flat tracked prior to losing the transponder thier is a good chance the data tag will continue on the flight plan. If it wasn't flat tracked then it could follow its last known heading and speed. If the track jumped to another target and never finds its way back to the original track it could continue on the heading and route of flight, or if it never really picked up any tag, it could just sit where it was.
New York Center entered N175F, why I don't know, they also entered a ghost track for AAL11, becasue AAL 11 was never flightplanned into thier airspace. They couldn't get track control from Boston Center becasue AAL was primary radar only. Hope this helps, like I said if you have an ATC question I will answer it. RADES Radar question there are other on this site that can answer it better, though I have some knowledge in it, I can answer some questions