OV-10 NASA Maybe

[edgy]

@1735Z Had two mode-s + full ADS-B squawking 1200 headed west from KOKC at 8-10kft:

AE5400 FlightID (155481) N34457
AE5401 FlightID (155492)

They were giving me a conflict alert because they were less than 1kft feet separated inside 3 nm.

No display on FR24, Flightaware, or Planefinder -- bums...

FYI

[satcom]

Hi Edgy...give me a few mins and I'll check them out for you

[satcom]

Looks like you are right , they flew Arkansas /Albuquerque

[edgy]

Thanks!
I was lucky to see them, as I'm on my indoor antenna on top of the TV :-)
Glad you saw them, as I was starting to think I had some bad code, ha.

[satcom]

I checked today's archives for the codes....and there they were.

On a similar theme we had a Sigonella  RQ4 fly around the UK early Friday morning on exercise from Norway.
Sadly , he was non Mode S

[edgy]

That's a neat airplane, but it scares me as it is so big.  It's bound to fall out of the sky one day, and when it does there will be a significant hole in whatever it hits, if it misses all the airliners on the way down...

[viking9]

NASA? Aren't these OV-10G+ ships flown by naval aviators on the Combat Dragon II programme?

[edgy]

NASA? Aren't these OV-10G+ ships flown by naval aviators on the Combat Dragon II programme?

I just checked the FAA registry and N34457 as an OV-10 has been deregistered since 2002.
I'm not sure if that program survived sequestration (I know my job didn't, ha), or whether it is Navy or NASA who owns the airframes now.
Obviously with full-up ADS-B I kind of suspect NASA, but I'm guessing. I think the Navy would probably just stick a Mode-A/C transponder in it.