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...high wing with fairly narrow chords
Tecnam? The two-place versions can be configured for aeriel surveillance.


There is/was a Technam twin at KCRG in Jacksonville loaded out with a serious electronic platform inside it with a spot for an operator wedged in. Nobody would tell me who/what was going on with it when I asked around. It was parked right outside the avionics shop.

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I have been wanting to ask a "what is this" question but didn't want to crowd BT with another thread to do so.

On several occasions over the last few years, I have seen a single engine, high wing airplane loitering over large gatherings: football and baseball games. The last time was at the Alabama/Ole Miss game in Tuscaloosa. It flies a square pattern maybe a mile on each side around the field just high enough that identification is difficult.

Like I said, it is high wing with fairly narrow chords to both the wing and horizontal stabilizer and a pod under the left wing. Definitely a piston and of moderate power, 200-250 HP, I'm guessing. Speed is minimal, perhaps 100-120.

What is it?

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Someone I follow on Instagram posted a pic of this Helio Courier N18JC parked at BHM (Birmingham, AL) today. Could this be the plane you were looking for?


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Camera feed for sports events. Same company operates a Partenavia P68


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Having owned two Helios, I think I would have spotted that. My bet is that it is a government security aircraft.

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Having owned two Helios, I think I would have spotted that. My bet is that it is a government security aircraft.

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https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N18 ... /KUOX/KUOX


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My neighbor operates a Wilga out of Zephryhills (ZPH) for camera work. N424HD. N- number is blocked on Flightaware. I haven’t seen him lately, it flies all over the country.
O-540 powered rather than the PZL radial. Likely him.

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There he is

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I'll be darned, mystery solved. The geared engine and low power explains the low noise signature.

Thanks.

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My immediate thought was relay for tv coverage of the game. Cheaper than a chopper.


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My immediate thought was relay for tv coverage of the game. Cheaper than a chopper.


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I still don't know why, but there was another at the Ole Miss/Texas A & M game Saturday night in Oxford. This one didn't fly the whole game.

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Again, camera feed for media networks. The customer(s) don't necessarily broadcast the feed every time.


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If you say so. :thumbup: :D

Kind of like a cheapo, cheapo Goodyear blimp. :lol:

I'm satisfied none the less. :cheers:

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He has been trying to enlist me to fly for him (backup for his only pilot). Would like to fly the Wilga (just because I have never flown one and would like to add it to my list of interesting aircraft!) but I am not that excited about spending long weekends away from home cruising around a stadium or golf course at 45 knots at 1500’.
But definitely a cheaper alternative than a Goodyear blimp. My guess is though that 5 years from now all this will be covered by drones!!

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He has been trying to enlist me to fly for him (backup for his only pilot). Would like to fly the Wilga (just because I have never flown one and would like to add it to my list of interesting aircraft!) but I am not that excited about spending long weekends away from home cruising around a stadium or golf course at 45 knots at 1500’.
But definitely a cheaper alternative than a Goodyear blimp. My guess is though that 5 years from now all this will be covered by drones!!


Drones maybe one day, camera and telemetry gear weight is still considerable.


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