Tracking Blocked Aircraft

In this video I will show you how to track aircraft that are blocked on the traditional flight tracking websites. You have to use an ADS-B flight tracker. ADS-B data is continually broadcast from the aircraft for use by the FAA in their next-gen air traffic control systems but is freely available for anyone on the ground to pick up with an ADS-B receiver. I will discuss what data you will get about a flight, and the two different ways the FAA blocks flight tracking.
The flight tracking site I recommend is ADS-B Exchange here: adsbexchange.com/
It does not require a subscription to track flights.

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

Just an observation ... watching you sit there with a *PORTION* of the clock visible behind your head ,,, makes you look like you have *HORNS!* 😀 Great content ...

[@bml33]

Yeah, I noticed that afterward but couldn't do anything about it because I needed a plain background and I had to be at the table for the laptop. I suppose I could have just taken the clock off the wall during filming.

[@KT4RAM]

Thanks for the video info. I do have a suggestion ( it's not just you) KZbin Channel operators trying to show videos especially graphics to show important aspects of what they are attempting to convey to their audience should refrain from inserting video overlays of themselves speaking as it covers nearly 1/4 of that video or graphic. Just a suggestion.

[@ChaplainDaveSparks]

I’m wondering … are those _pseudo callsigns_ *persistent?* IOW, will that aircraft continue using the same _”callsign”,_ or can they change between flights?

[@bml33]

I do not think they are persistent or permanently assigned. I looked up some of those callsigns and can't find any activity for XAA. They might be assigning random numbers after their identifier. Today there is an FFL callsign operating over Colorado and there are other flights of this number FFL1122 over the past month. It seems like Foreflight (FFL) re-uses the numbers but I do not know if they are all on the same aircraft, and we'll never know (unless we're on the ground to see it land...) Several flights of this callsign took off from San Jose (SJC) from a few days ago back to the last week of April and then nothing before that. Looks like on the 24th it left SJC for COS and took off from there today.

[@Speedfly1]

So is there, any real Black Ops flight, in realliety? I mean like, NO ransponderm, on markings and stuff like that? or is that all in the movies? Like the Black Hawks, that WAS NOT in the arena, then the took out Oma bin lad...

[@bml33]

Well every plane has to have a registration number visible, but the plane can be registered to a shell company or a 3rd party contractor so you will never know the true identity of the owner or what they do.

[@pbshooter100]

So you never really told us where we could find blocked info for aircraft what were blocked. ADSB exchange shows the aircraft but the info that is most interesting is not there either. So the result is an almost 40 minute video that could probably have been done in 5 minutes. Also there is a chance that ADSB exchance is on it's way out making this video possibly even more irrelevant .

[@bml33]

What do you mean I never said where you can find blocked info? Its right there. It shows you the owner, type of aircraft, registration that is blocked on other sites. Also, I disagree that ADSB is on its way out. It is a legal requirement that aircraft broadcast this data and so far in this country there are no laws against capturing the data and putting it online. If somehow that website goes down due to some legal trouble there will surely be another.

[@pbshooter100]

@@bml33 Yea I didn't say ADSB was on it's way out. Reading comprehension needs some work.

[@inflateopassion]

On the other side of the argument. As a citizen / owner of private property I have a right to know if and who is flying over my land. Especially if they're a student learning how to fly in a busy airfield, circling over my property every 4 minutes two hours everyday posing a hazard to me and my family. Such as invasion of privacy / mid air collision / falling debris / Exposure to noise. FAA Needs to review and revise their policies for this is only the beginning ! We still have drones that are gonna be a additional nuisance. In the mean time government agencies are trying to disarm the militia from use of their guns. This is why Trump is an issue. The government is not listening to the majority vote, nor government agencies protecting common sense citizens concern. Citizens of America wake up do your part vote.

[@bobcny]

you do not have that right. you don't own the airspace above your property