Albany Tom
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Maybe interesting, but flying my PA-17 into KPOU on Tuesday, they didn't seem to be able to see me on the radar on my 5 mile straight in final (their request).
After asking all the other planes if they could see me, they told everything else in the pattern to circle until I was on the ground.
I had the same thing happen flying into KDXR and KPOU in the J3.
Are little cloth planes invisible to modern radar?
Any tower guys watching who can shed light on this?
They make inexpensive radar reflectors for small boats, specifically to make it more likely for them to be seen by ships with radar, to reduce the chances of them being run over. Basically a bunch of intersecting disks of foil, to create corner traps. Betting that one could work in a small plane. Also betting that POU controllers/tower might be willing to test such a device with you, after their inability to see your pa-17 recently.