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visibility3miles

13th Nov 2023 13:22

The person who took the photo isn’t a pilot and thought it might have something to do with the APEC meeting, so assumed it was a fighter escort or an unruly passenger incident.

In addition, you can’t read the “UNITED” in the original photo.

visibility3miles

13th Nov 2023 15:33

What is the dome/bump on top of the plane near the tail?

jetpig32

13th Nov 2023 15:38

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Originally Posted by visibility3miles (Post 11538505)

What is the dome/bump on top of the plane near the tail?

satellite for the inter web and satcom.

jimjim1

13th Nov 2023 16:59

Here is the likely chase plane. Maybe they turned off the ADSB to avoid TCAS alerts??

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-11-11

I have uploaded the image further down because I couldn't get the link to work, now it has appeared here!!!

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....da88d36b5d.jpg

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....da048becc0.jpg

treadigraph

13th Nov 2023 17:15

Ah, in the old days it would have been Clay Lacy with a Learjet!

DaveReidUK

13th Nov 2023 17:53

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Originally Posted by jimjim1 (Post 11538538)

Here is the likely chase plane. Maybe they turned off the ADSB to avoid TCAS alerts??

There is no direct relationship between ADS-B and TCAS, but it's certainly SOP when two or more aircraft are in formation for only one of them to broadcast ADS-B.

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