Activity over Melbourne - 2.

[Squawk7700]

It's back again. C208, up pretty high, sight unseen. Around and around she goes. Lots of "mapping" activities going on I'm sure It's certainly a regular visitor to the skies over Melbourne from at least 6pm onwards usually, but possibly that's only when you start to hear it as road noise etc dies down.

[Squawk7700]

You are spot on. I rely heavily on my Google Maps and I'm glad they are continually updating them.

[Capn Bloggs]

Google Maps and I'm glad they are continually updating them.

I'm not. I've always livied at No XY, until I checked last night, now I live at No YZ! Don't trust them...

[truthinbeer]

The Nearmap image quality is light years ahead of Google Maps Squawk, good enough to pick out a lawn rake left out on a back lawn and updated every 10 - 20 days depending on location so you could even tell if the lawn was mowed last week. Access was free for a while when they first kicked off but now it is by subscription.

[Acrosport II]

VH-UCR Private Cessna 208B Grand Caravan - Planespotters.net Just Aviation

If its doing Police surveillance I trust they are saving the Australian Taxpayer some money by 'Multi Tasking' the Aircraft.


I've never seen a C208 with curtains in the cabin.


Possibly selling the cabin space for 'Mile High' punters while doing some 'Police' work.


Hence flying above 6000'.


Just a theory!

[compressor stall]

I always made sure it was over 6076 feet, just to be sure.

[Desert Flower]

I'm not. I've always livied at No XY, until I checked last night, now I live at No YZ! Don't trust them...

Google Earth has my house out in the scrub to the north instead of the street!

DF.

[Bevan666]

If you are not breaking the law, you have nothing to fear..

[Sunfish]

My spies tell me that a major police operation has been underway. Results yet to be announced.

[ChaseIt]

It's the Federal police wasting the tax payer dollars. They act like it's just come out of the skunk works 🙄

[Biggles78]

So that's way they spend so much time over Melbourne! That is where all the dopes are!

Oh please, if that was the case then it would be in a permanent hold over a certain building in Canberra. All the hot air emanating from said building would also help it stay aloft longer.

Google maps or Nearmap. I hope we are not going to be mapdebating about which one is better.

This one is for the nutjob crowd. They are actually filling the air with chemtrail seeds.

[Ixixly]

Could be going around checking your pools fences

[Best Rate]

Well it's certainly costing the airlines a bit of petrol dosh - I, along with a bunch of other inbound jets from the south last night, had an ATC requirement to be at or < 9000' by 40nm MEL to get beneath it...