TCAS Demystified – How Collision Avoidance Works Without GPS
Aircraft Surveillance In Part 1 of our surveillance series, we looked into why classic Mode S transport aircraft do not broadcast their own GPS coordinates, and how ground networks rely on multilateration (MLAT) to figure out where they are. That brings up a natural question for avionics engineers, technicians, and flight crews alike: If an […]
Transponders, Surveillance Evolution, and Understanding Flight Tracking Discrepancies
By Trans Global Training Ever reviewed a flight playback on Flightradar24 and seen an aircraft take off into thin air, track parallel to the runway through farm fields, jump in sharp 90-degree steps, or abruptly vanish on short final into a coastal airfield? When flight crews or operations report these anomalies, the immediate question directed […]