Yeah, countries famous for their excellent safety cultures. Shoot the culprit hasn't proven it's effectiveness yet. Several things had to go wrong here. The NOTAM system is a mess. I don't know when it was implemented, probably during WW2 or something. I guess it made sense back then.
what a beautiful Antares launch it would have been this morning. here was my view just before sunrise at the press site.next attempt tomorrow morning
Forecast for Nov. 12: 90 Percent FavorableAside from the slight chance of cloud ceilings at 2,000 feet for Sunday morning’s launch attempt, conditions look excellent with no real weather concerns at this time. The Wallops range forecast is 90 percent favorable.Canadian high pressure will ridge over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states today with dry and unseasonably cold conditions. The area of high pressure will remain over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states through Sunday morning’s launch attempt, before sliding off the coast Sunday afternoon. The low-level stratus cloudiness off the Wallops coastline this morning will remain off the Wallops coastline today. As the area of high pressure begins to slide off the Northeast coastline Sunday morning, there is a slight chance of the low-level stratus moving onshore over the Wallops Region Sunday morning.The launch of Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft was scrubbed for Nov. 11 after an aircraft was detected in the vicinity of the launch pad. The next launch attempt is set for Sunday, Nov. 12. The five-minute launch window opens at 7:14 a.m. EST.Author Rob GarnerPosted on November 11, 2017Categories Antares, Cygnus, Orbital ATK
Jet Blue is off the hook. Told it was a small plane, VFR, a few miles offshore, was not answering FAA warnings. Bad pilot.
Orbital ATK Verified account @OrbitalATKWe have confirmed that the aircraft that aborted today's launch attempt was a small aircraft flying at about 500ft approximately 6 miles offshore.
Everyone at the Old Ferry thought it was a bigger plane west of us, fairly close.Fairly crowded... need to get there earlier tomorrow.-Bob
I'd place odds on this: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N16365
Quote from: rdale on 11/11/2017 03:29 pmI'd place odds on this: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N16365TCAS and ADS-B were activated. Given the airport the plane flew out of the plane was likely operating on UNICOM/CTAF via either 122.725 MHz, 122.8 MHz, 122.975 MHz, 123.050 MHz, and 123.075 MHz.Scanner sites if you go back to the hour of the incident violated TFR's and would provide the ARTCC controller discussion with the pilot.ADS-B position tracking for N16365: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N16365/history/20171111/1207Z/tracklogUNICOM/CTAF: https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/advocacy-briefs/air-traffic-services-process-brief-changing-unicom-frequencies