I was watching all that this morning too, struck me as very strange... though when I was looking, AF2 wasn't showing as AF2, it was SAM535
SAM514 was also trailed on the same route the whole way from DC by another 737 -- VENUS35 (it was right up its butt)
EDIT -- zoomed in and saw two paths there for AF2 and the SAM -- maybe 535 was running cover on the first part of the route?
Had persistence mode on so was able to go back and check the trace.
Times are somewhat approximate.
Left Edward's at 10:53
Arrived in ATL at 12:23
Departed ATL at 1:30pm
Arrived Andrews (corrected) at 2:36pm.
I was watching all that this morning too, struck me as very strange... though when I was looking, AF2 wasn't showing as AF2, it was SAM535 SAM514 was also trailed on the same route the whole way from DC by another 737 -- VENUS35 (it was right up its butt)
EDIT -- zoomed in and saw two paths there for AF2 and the SAM -- maybe 535 was running cover on the first part of the route?
Both landed in Atlanta.
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Venus35 headed back towards DC area.
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Had persistence mode on so was able to go back and check the trace. Times are somewhat approximate. Left Edward's at 10:53 Arrived in ATL at 12:23 Departed ATL at 1:30pm Arrived Andrews (corrected) at 2:36pm.