Not only Cessnas, but a Bell 407 helicopter was hanging around too at a lower altitude further west, closer to Midway.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
long term survelliance flights over Chicago
Perhaps you've heard of constantly circling Cessna planes, spending hours circling high above US cities.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/18/fbi-surveillance-flights-by-the-book-rarely-track-/?page=all
Today I happened to see many of them over Chicago. Looking at FlightRadar24's live feed I saw two. Their data is much more complete than my limited ADS-B receiving capability.
The first was a Cessna, high at 9,000ft. It looks like it came from DuPage County airport, and has done a number of similar flights in the past few days. I was able to spot it in binoculars, and in doing so also picked up an identical looking plane holding an identical path, but not on ADS-B. I presume I was seeing a shift change, but one never knows. It had the 4414 squawk, and matched the false front company 'OBR Leasing'.
Not only Cessnas, but a Bell 407 helicopter was hanging around too at a lower altitude further west, closer to Midway.
Not only Cessnas, but a Bell 407 helicopter was hanging around too at a lower altitude further west, closer to Midway.
For all the fear about surveillance drones, a manned light airplane like the Cessna is still cheaper and simpler to operate. Really makes you wonder what kind of "routine" surveillance they're conducting, especially over that part of town.
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