2014 Ducting Season Underway

[Grahame Hutchison]

The summer Tropospheric Ducting is on its way again.

Overnight our ADSB receiver picked up CSN306, the China Southern B787 service from Auckland to Guangzhou operated by B-2737. The aircraft was 554.53nm (1027.6km) from Sydney
and about 300nm east of Brisbane.

http://www.16Right.com/MessageBoard/CSN306 20141007.jpg

[Stephen Brown]

Yes Grahame, some big ducts opened up over the weekend. There would have also been some nice HF reception as well.

[Grahame Hutchison]

B-2737 from Airplane Pictures (http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/373345/b-2737-china-southern-airlines-boeing-787-8-dreamliner/)

http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2014-3/10/373345.jpg

[Grahame Hutchison]

Picked up the China Southern Dreamliner this morning on ACARS, a first for long distance ACARS reception.

B-2735 CZ0335 20/10/2014 02:38 China Southern B787-8 Guangzhou-Auckland

[Stephen Brown]

Grahame,

How did you go over the weekend? There was a pretty massive duct open all the way from Sydney to New Zealand. You might have even been able to track an aircraft all the way to Auckland.

Regards
Steve Brown