Chris Daniel @chrisdaniel.net · Feb 12
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Federal surveillance aircraft seen today circling high over south Minneapolis with no transponder running: - Known DHS helicopter N893N - midday - Known FBI plane N188SS - evening This report brought to you by a guy who wouldn't have been looking if you'd just run your dang transponder, feds.

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Matt Gorecki · Feb 12

Trying to be sneaky sneaky doesn’t really work here.

Shoshiroll · Feb 12

seems rather unsafe to regularly fly aircraft around with no transponders on

Jake · Feb 12

Really... N1 *88* *SS*?!? The Gestapo are flying a plane with the textual equivalent of a Nazi-salute in its tail number? They wouldn't know subtlety if it slapped them in the face.

Iruka · Feb 12

Do we know if that plane had a steady red light?

Brad Neuhauser · Feb 12

Thanks for the ID on the plane, I had assumed it was DHS