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Aren't the flight data and plane registrations public information? Wouldn't it be dangerous to fly a plane "in-secret"?
by jsprogrammer 10y ago
Aren't the flight data and plane registrations public information?
Wouldn't it be dangerous to fly a plane "in-secret"?
- sokoloff 10y agoPlanes can be registered to companies and the companies contracted by the agency/agencies. Those can be dry leases (without crew), allowing the agency to have operational control without ownership of the plane/registration. Of course, all of this supposes that it's important enough to be secret. It actually helps secrecy to fly some of these missions openly, meaning it's harder to find the ones that are clandestine.