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"Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA #274627
02/01/2022 05:25 PM
02/01/2022 05:25 PM
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Teresasxm Offline OP
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Hi fellow airplane enthusiasts,
I have a question for you. A private airplane (pretty fancy with a nice paint job and three engines - one in the tail) landed at PJIA this afternoon at 3:08p.m. I like tracking planes but when I clicked on it, the signal was BLOCKED. I've seen it before but I was just wondering if any of the plane experts on TTOL know what type of individual is so important that their flight info is blocked? Government, Celebrity - any ideas?

Just curious on a cold, snowy day in Canada...

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Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274630
02/01/2022 05:32 PM
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What app are you using. Are you using foreflight. My hubby is a pilot and doesn’t think they can block that info.

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: stuckinma] #274631
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Originally Posted by stuckinma
What app are you using. Are you using foreflight. My hubby is a pilot and doesn’t think they can block that info.

I was using Flight Tracker.

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: stuckinma] #274632
02/01/2022 05:38 PM
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They can block the lientery but not the aircraft info....

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274633
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That could be a privacy issue. You can try using foreflight but you have to pay for it

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274640
02/01/2022 05:57 PM
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I see blocked planes flying around the Caribbean all the time. I've wondered why? I use Flight Radar 24 on the PTZ cam feeds and the only info given is altitude and ground speed.

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274645
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German air charter. They just don't want anyone to know where they are. Happens a lot


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Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274673
02/02/2022 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Teresasxm
Hi fellow airplane enthusiasts,
I have a question for you. A private airplane (pretty fancy with a nice paint job and three engines - one in the tail) landed at PJIA this afternoon at 3:08p.m. I like tracking planes but when I clicked on it, the signal was BLOCKED. I've seen it before but I was just wondering if any of the plane experts on TTOL know what type of individual is so important that their flight info is blocked? Government, Celebrity - any ideas?

Just curious on a cold, snowy day in Canada...


3 engines=Dassault Falcon tri-jet (e.g. 900, there are a number of variants)
Many ADS-B websites allow operators to block the tail number as for this case, ADS-B Exchange (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/) does not so would have shown the tail number for this a/c. BUT I've noticed the coverage for ADS-B Exchange around SXM is quite poor, many a/c that are visible on, e.g., Flightradar24 show intermittently or not at all on ADS-B Ex. If I'm "virtual plane-spotting" I have both F24 & A Ex open.
As to why blocked, my observation is that blocked a/c are very often govt and private charters (as you can see by comparing ADS-B Ex with other services). Example the EC175 helicopter operating from MY Flying Fox moored in Great Bay earlier this week.
Dave.

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274707
02/02/2022 04:06 PM
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I know this isn't about sxm, but I thought it would be of interest. https://www.protocol.com/elon-musk-flight-tracker

Re: "Blocked" Airplane Lands at PJIA [Re: Teresasxm] #274799
02/04/2022 08:53 AM
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Thanks bluejacket for the link. Quite interesting.


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