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I'm guessing since he said he was at flight level 230 that he was probably o=
n an IFR flight plan of some sort. Simple answer is FlightAware is definitel=
y not perfect. Track some of my days at work before. Every now and then it l=
ooks like I took a Star Trek transporter with the airplane from point a to p=
oint C.

Typing and grammar errors courtesy of Siri and the iPhone.

> On Nov 11, 2013, at 11:49, "Jay Phillips" <jayph@fastairplane.net> wrote:
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> Were you IFR or VFR flight following? I've noticed that FlightAware tracki=
ng
> when VFR flight following is spotty at best. I spoke to a FlightAware rep a=
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> Sun 'n Fun a couple of years ago. He said that they just pull data from th=
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> FAA, and that VFR flight following doesn't always show up on the system.
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> Jay Phillips
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> -----Original Message-----
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> bronnenmeier@GROBSYSTEMS.COM
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 8:37 AM
> To: lml@lancaironline.net
> Subject: [LML] flightaware - question
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> Dear subscribers,
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> On 11/9/2013 I flew from 5G7 (Ohio) to MYR (South Carolina) and back on th=
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> same day. I had a great tailwind at FL230 going south and I recall seeing
> ground speeds up to 315 kts at one point.
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> When I try to look up the flight on flightaware I just see the slow flight=

> coming back - the fast flight going south is missing.
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> I recall that this happened at least two more times so far: The flight goi=
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> somewhere with a strong tailwind and ground speeds >300kts is missing and
> the flight back on the same day is there.
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> Is this just a coincident or has someone else experienced something simila=
r?
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> Ralf
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