[Scan-DC] circling plane

[Alan Henney]

I vote for the Ross theory.  But this sounds like the ideal
application for the SBS-1.  Does anybody use one in the D.C.-Baltimore
area?

http://www.kinetic-avionics.co.uk/sbs-1.php

----- 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.
>
>    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.
>
>    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?