Qantas B734 and B763s Data

[EK433B77W]

Hello all,

As you can see I'm new to the forums but have been a user of FlightRadar24 for a very long time. I spend most of time searching the areas of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Something I've noticed since I've started using FlightRadar24 is that there has never been a Qantas (QF) B737-400s or B767-300s on my radar.

Therefore, I'm requesting the following aircraft be added to the database:

B734-400s:

VH-TJE
VH-TJF
VH-TJG
VH-TJH
VH-TJI
VH-TJJ
VH-TJK
VH-TJL
VH-TJM
VH-TJO
VH-TJR
VH-TJS
VH-TJT
VH-TJU
VH-TJW
VH-TJX
VH-TJY

B767-300s:

VH-OGB
VH-OGE
VH-OGF
VH-OGG
VH-OGH
VH-OGI
VH-OGJ
VH-OGK
VH-OGL
VH-OGM
VH-OGN
VH-OGO
VH-OGP
VH-OGQ
VH-OGR
VH-OGS
VH-OGT
VH-OGU
VH-OGV
VH-ZXA
VH-ZXB
VH-ZXC
VH-ZXD
VH-ZXE
VH-ZXF
VH-ZXG

B767-300(F):
VH-EFR

Kind Regards,

EK433B77W.

[acrimmo]

QF B734 and B763 aircraft do not have ADS-B capability at the moment and as such will not show up on FR24.

Hope this helps!

[Duncan T]

EK433B77W - It doesn't work like that - Aircraft serials are uploaded to FR24 by radar box users, whose equipment pick up their Mode-S & ADS-B signals and then link them from their PC to the web-site. There is no human interface who will be loading aircraft statistics to the site, only flight numbers and route data, as and when time permits. It's a labour of love by very few volunteers! As 'acrimmo' correctly suggests, the aircraft you are looking for are perhaps older generation and/or are operating mostly over territory and able to rely for their navigation needs on ground based nav-aids, such as VOR and DME equipment, so do not require GPS-based positioning equipment to be installed on the aircraft. With basic inertial navigation flight management systems, they can make it across the ocean to New Zealand even! Hope that helps!

[Anmer]

Aircraft serials are NOT uploaded to FR24 by subscribers. What's uploaded is the aircraft hex code and positional data. FR24 has a database that translates the hex codes into aircraft registration, type operator etc.

From what I can see the older Qantas aircraft that you've listed do not transmit positional data in their ModeS messages. Older aircraft using Inertial Navigation Systems can transmit positional data but suffer from positional drift from which GPS based systems do not. It appears Qantas hasn't invested in equipping these aircraft with ADS-B kit.

As it happens Australia is deploying ADS-B ground station throughout the country as this is cheaper than traditional secondary radar. It has also mandated that ADS-B must be used in all aircraft operating above FL290 from 12 December 2013.

Some useful and well presented information here:

http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/projectsservices/projects/adsb/default.asp