Timeline for Can a military pilot make his airplane invisible for the ATCs?
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| Feb 2, 2020 at 15:49 | comment | added | Dean F. | @pcfreakxx - Thank you for your expert insight. Since this is a military aircraft, presumably, taking off from a military facility, would the same apply? Or, are the military controllers monitoring primary returns as closely during peace time as they would during a major conflict? I would think the area involved would play a role in this as well. Say for instance, what is the protocol in the DC FRZ or any other SFRA or ADIZ? Thanks again. Your input is appreciated. | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 14:38 | comment | added | pcfreakxx | @Dean F. I am an ATCO myself and if aircraft loose there transponder they will disappear completely from the SDD after 3 coasted plots (~15,3 secs). Of course primary radar would still detect the aircraft, however the question was not if the acft would be invisible to radar but to ATC! | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 14:35 | comment | added | Dean F. | @pcfreakxx - A pilot can not make a non-stealth-technology plane in normal flight invisible by switching off its transponder. It would just become unidentifiable. By flying too low, too slow, and/or too close to another aircraft, you can hide the aircraft’s radar return. | |
| Feb 2, 2020 at 11:47 | comment | added | pcfreakxx | Incorrect. It should read: „a pilot CAN make a plane invisible to ATC by switching of the transponder“ | |
| Apr 3, 2017 at 16:58 | history | answered | Tyler Durden | CC BY-SA 3.0 |