[Scan-DC] circling plane

[Albert LaFrance]

Yup, I'm seeing him from my location near Rt. 50 and Annandale Rd.

Given the frequency of these flights, and their occurrence over many years, my guess is that they're
training missions, probably for some type of survillance activity.

Albert LaFrance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Rigby" <srigby at smart.net>
To: "Scan-DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:51 AM
Subject: [Scan-DC] circling plane


>    That damn Cessna is going around and around again.  This is probably
> day 5 or 6 now, in a row, that the plane has been circling
> approximately the area between Tyson's Corner and Merrifield.  I mean,
> what could it keep looking at all this time from about 2,000 feet?  It
> just keeps flying the same basic path over and over and over again, all
> day, day after day.
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>    I have been monitoring 119.1, the Reagan-National tower, and have
> heard no contact between the plane and that tower on that frequency.
> Even as the plane ends its circling as daylight wanes, no contact to
> announce its departure from the airspace has been heard.
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>    I wonder who the plane is in contact with regarding air traffic
> control operations?  Anyone have an idea as to a frequency that may be
> being used?
>
>    Steve
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