On Feb 13, 2:22 pm, thedeerhunter270 <thedeerhunter...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Feb 13, 5:36 pm, m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > N661BA was at the Nut Tree air****t in Vacaville on Tuwsday
> > (2/12/2008). I'll upload photos this weekend.
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> > You can see the filed flight
herehttp://flightaware.com/live/flight/N661BA
> > They switched to VFR to avoid tracking.
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> Odd place that I've not heard of before.
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> I was in SF in October, I drove up the 101 - but if I'd have known
> that it was interesting, I'd had a look at this Nut Tree place.
There really isn't anything at the Nut Tree of interest. Just a
shopping mall. Unfortunately while I had lunch, the Groomies returned
to the mother bird, so I didn't get to see who dropped them off.
This is not their first time to the Nut Tree, but I'd say the trips
are very infrequent. [Maybe two years apart.] They also use the
air****t in Sonoma (KSTS). I've never managed to catch them there.
Often they don't bother to file IFR at all, so they are off the books.
When they do file IFR, it is a scheme to get in the departure queue.
If they can take off VFR before the IFR time, they just cancel the IFR
request.
There is another scheme used where they take off IFR and change to VFR
in mid-route. I don't know the rules exactly, but they need to drop
altitude to go VFR. Also, when I've seen this done, it is usually over
an air****t. On computer tracking, the flight either times out or shows
as being diverted.
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