Another
FIRST for SBARC from Dave Johnson, NF6F.
The local VirtualRadar system is
a development project by Ludovico Cavedon, N6LUD, and Levi Maaia,
K6LCM. It operates from Santa Ynez Peak, Diablo Peak, Gravel Peak,
Sulphur Peak, and San Carlos.
Bill Talanian
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Hi Bill:
Quite some time ago you sent me a link to a "Virtual Radar"
site that shows aircraft tracks generated by ADSB. I look at
it now and then, and happened to do so this morning.
I
zoomed out and noticed a highly unusual track over Arizona.
Investigating, I noticed that it had a very high altitude
(60k+) and slow groundspeed - so it had to be a balloon. So
it was. It is N105WV - the launch of a "Stratollite" You can
get more info here: https://www.worldview.space/ .Check it
out!
Update:
I looked again just now, and the object is now over NW
Arizona - about over the Grand Canyon. There is another one
that shows up as "ICARUS1" over the Petrified Forest in
Eastern AZ. Both are at around 55000 feet now.
BTW:
adding a filter to exclude anything below 50K feet clears up
the clutter remarkably.
Dave J