BigBadLou
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Lou
Howdy, controllers!
Quick question for y'all.
If we (us pah-lawt boys) are flying as a group of airplanes (kind of like a loose formation flight), aka "flight of N", how do we properly handle our transponders?
Does only the lead aircraft (who is probably the one talking to ATC) squawk? (he'll be assigned a discrete code, of course) Do the others turn off transponders? Do they squawk 1200? Altitude?
My logical guess would be for only the lead aircraft to have a transponder on altitude reporting to limit proximity warnings on the controller's scope.
What say you, smart people?
Thanks
Lou
Quick question for y'all.
If we (us pah-lawt boys) are flying as a group of airplanes (kind of like a loose formation flight), aka "flight of N", how do we properly handle our transponders?
Does only the lead aircraft (who is probably the one talking to ATC) squawk? (he'll be assigned a discrete code, of course) Do the others turn off transponders? Do they squawk 1200? Altitude?
My logical guess would be for only the lead aircraft to have a transponder on altitude reporting to limit proximity warnings on the controller's scope.
What say you, smart people?
Thanks
Lou