Thread by @steffanwatkins

🇨🇦 Why don't we make a list of the locations and planes so people can click a map and see where the plane or helicopter is they're looking to spot? We can do that. #CanadaRemembers 1/n

https://twitter.com/RCAF_ARC/status/1458465359246340113

2/n This will also shows the @RCAF_ARC that the public can benefit from the #RCAF using Mode-S and ADS-B in Canadian domestic airspace, even if the rest of the country's antiquated infrastructure doesn't *need* it, we can use it, and they can do it, right now.

Nova Scotia
Bridgewater CP-140
Chelsea CP-140
Cole Harbour CH-148
Dartmouth CH-148
Eastern Passage CH-148
Lunenburg CH-148
Mahone Bay CP-140
New Germany CP-140
Parkdale CP-140

New Brunswick
McAdam CH-146

Ontario
Arnprior CH-147F
Ottawa CF-188
Toronto CC-130J
Whitby CC-130J

Manitoba
Portage la Prairie Bell 412*

Alberta
Calgary CT-155
Edmonton CH-146
Elk Point CT-156
Lethbridge CT-155

British Columbia
Campbell River CH-149
Comox CH-149
Courtenay CH-149
Cumberland CH-149
Kamloops CT-155
Nanaimo CH-149
Sidney CH-148
Vancouver CP-140
Westwold CT-155

CT-156 Harvard

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1370369619417042945?s=20

CH-149 Cormorant

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1367239794154229767?s=20

CH-148 Cyclone

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1358833084796440583?s=20

CH-147 Chinook

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1358824412309520387?s=20

CP-140 Aurora

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1358824160940576769?s=20

CC-130 Hercules

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1358824412301041667?s=20

CH-146 Griffon
AFAIK only contractor-flown Bell 412 helicopters can be tracked with Mode-S, and the list shows they will be flying one of those too.

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1454105043557306373?s=20

CT-155 Hawk
(I haven't made a list of them yet 😬)

Here is a link which (if the load isn't too much on the server) will show all the planes of the RCAF which match the description of the aircraft participating in today's Remembrance Day fly-bys.

globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=C02271,C…

Old aircraft using Mode-S will be only visible near metropolitan centers where 4+ receivers have them in line-of-sight (LOS)
(CT-156, CP-140, CH-147, CH-148, CH-149, ..)

Modern aircraft use ADS-B and transmit their GPS-derived location; only 1+ receivers needed in LOS. (CC-130J)

We won't see the CF-188 coming to do the Ottawa fly-by because of @RCAF_ARC policy. They could use Mode-S, but they don't use their Mode-S transponder in Canadian domestic airspace, by choice, obfuscating their movements, which is disappointing on 11/11.

https://twitter.com/steffanwatkins/status/1448663327266140169?s=20