Good afternoon planefags! 2/9 Daily Post
✈️ Planes ✈️
Today's finds
- Algerian Gulfstream out of Savannah, GA via u/leta
- The 82-8000 "AF1" plane landed after seeming to circle/land at Langley.
It didn't put up a callsign at all and its transponders seemed to stay off for the majority of the flight.according to u/Tropic_Lightning and u/Warren_Puffitt they may have been practicing approaches! - An Israeli B703 is flying on the East coast as well and has stopped tracking. This plane is a 'blocked aircraft' on most major radar sites (like AF1 is)
- 3 VENUS flights are up out of DC. Probably training, but the one commonly used as AF2 has been turning tracking off on occasion.
- SAM735 out of DC
General info:
- Joe Biden took one of the 'small' planes that can be used as AF1 this past weekend to Delaware. I have seen no confirmation of the callsign "Air Force 1" being used, please post if you find out anything more.
- A SAM flight is a Special Air Mission meaning a high level official is on the plane
- AF1 alternates between 2 different flights reg number: 82-8000 or 92-9000, but they may be flying a test flight if they aren't putting up the AF1 callsign.
- The callsign "AF1" does not need to be used to mean POTUS is onboard, they may use a different one for security
- VENUS indicates a training mission
Side note: if anyone is a front end dev or knows react/vue we need you for a project.
Happy flying!
I watched both 82 - 8000 and 98 - 0002 (IRC) out of DC. Over Pimilico sound 82 - 8000 started heading ESE and about 20nm off the coast when it dropped off radar.
The other 98 - 0002 was heading into (by the look of its track and height) Wilmington at 3,750' when it too dropped off radar.
The IAF is indeed and interesting one to keep an eye on?