FAA Flight Inspectional Services

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438]

For the past couple of hours. I've had a plane registered to FAA Flight Inspectional Services, flying a large oval course over my house.  The flight path is adjacent to Hanscom Air Force Base. from which the plane departed early this A.M.

 

What does Flight Inspectional Services do?  

 

LL

[Snakebite]

Maybe they are working with the technical staff to improve a weak spot in the Primary or Secondary RADAR coverage.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

They check navigational aids, instrument landing systems, and other such things to verify accuracy. 
 

The large oval course is probably a holding pattern over a marker of some sort. 

[Pat Riot]

8 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said:

What does Flight Inspectional Services do?  

https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/avn/

 

https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/8240.32M.pdf

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

16 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said:

What does Flight Inspectional Services do?  

Unless their instruments find someone wearing a tinfoil hat. Then they Inspect how Flight-y the person might be. It’s in the Code and Algorithm. 

[Chili Ron]

Howdy,

Maybe the controls stuck??

 

Maybe I have stuck on the brain....

Best

CR

 

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438]

Hmmm......

 

Second page of second doc that Pat linked to, describing what kind of activities these folks accomplish:

 

"Surveillance".......

 

Excuse me; I need to find several boxes of industrial tin foil, fast.......

 

LL

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

You were recently talking about those highly concealable Bond derringers?

[Kid Rich]

Non MA compliant if I recall correctly.

kR

[Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438]

1 hour ago, Kid Rich said:

Non MA compliant if I recall correctly.

kR

 

Actually, two models are now on the MA Approved List.  Finding them is a whole other thing.

 

LL