[Scan-DC] Fwd: h25b on flightradar24

[Steve Slate]

Why would a medjet fly to Bermuda from Cedar Rapids?  Wouldn’t it make more sense to dispatch from a much closer location?  Say one that would take less than 3 hours to get there?

> On Sep 15, 2019, at 11:31, Glen Jackson <kd4tzg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If it was a "medflight" it would be blocked as well. Allot of times we
> would get dispatched to Bermuda and turned around before we got there.
> 
> Most med jets use Lear Jets and cruise around 50k ft.
> 
>    Glen - - -
> 
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 2:32 PM Thomas J. Dalrymple <tjdalrymple at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for all the information!
>> 
>>> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 15:25 Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This is normal for "blocked" flights... private aircraft who owners have
>>> their flight information blocked.  Normally, I'm able to put something
>>> together such as the owner information between FlightRader24 and
>>> RadarBox24,
>>> but they're both equally blocked for this flight.  My favorite,
>>> FlightAware,
>>> is absolutely useless when it comes to blocked flights as I normally will
>>> not even see them on the flight map.  This case is a perfect example.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>> On
>>> Behalf Of Thomas J. Dalrymple
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 15:19
>>> To: Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>; milcom at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fwd: h25b on flightradar24
>>> 
>>> I don't use Flightradar24 that often. This is the first flight I've seen
>>> with no plane or flight info. Is this normal?
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 15:15 Dewey <dewey3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Agreed... it also looks like they're returning to their point of
>>>> origin, KCID (Cedar Rapids).
>>>> 
>>>> Dewey
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>> <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Eric C. Carlson
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2019 15:01
>>>> To: Thomas J. Dalrymple <tjdalrymple at gmail.com>
>>>> Cc: Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>; milcom at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Fwd: h25b on flightradar24
>>>> 
>>>> Given that it U-turned at the ocean I imagine they have a maintenance
>>>> issue which led them to decide not to fly over the ocean (weather
>>>> radar failure, HF radio failure, etc.) but they could divert for any
>>> number of reasons.
>>>> The track would seem to point them toward Bermuda before the U-turn.
>>>> 
>>>> -Eric
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 1:34 PM Thomas J. Dalrymple
>>>> <tjdalrymple at gmail.com
>>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I'm sitting in Duck NC without a radio. I look up in the sky, and
>>>>> there's a long contrail where a jet has made a u-turn over the ocean.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I checked Flightradar24, and there's no real info on the flight.
>>>>> Took off from Cedar Rapids IA. I've included a link to what I found.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Who would this be?
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://fr24.com/h25b/22199f8f
>>>>> 
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