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N197L

Last heard today at 2:05 pm, at 1,500 feet, 8 miles north of William P Hobby Airport. Nothing newer has come from the network since; it may have landed out of the receivers' hearing.

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Took off —in the air when first heard Today at 1:57 pm

Last heard …still in the air, or beyond the receivers' hearing Today at 2:05 pm

Length: 8 min
Distance: 20 nm (23 miles)
Top altitude: 1,500 ft
Fastest: 155 knots (178 mph)
Positions heard: 5

This flight is the one in progress (or the last one heard, if the aircraft flew beyond the receivers). Times are local to where the aircraft was.

Line colour: altitude Low 10,000 ft 25,000 ft 40,000 ft Start End

Altitude and speed through the flight

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Flights in the last 14 days

When	From	To	Length	Distance	Top altitude	Fastest
Today at 1:57 pm to 2:05 pm	in the air when first heard	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	8 min	20 nm	1,500 ft	155 kt
Today at 10:32 am to 10:40 am	Conroe/North Houston Regional CXO	David Wayne Hooks Memorial DWH	7 min	16 nm	1,300 ft	145 kt
October 17 at 8:24 am to 9:02 am	in the air when first heard	C David Campbell Fld-Corsicana Municipal CRS	37 min	94 nm	4,100 ft	153 kt

Show the last 56 days · A flight is a run of positions with no gap longer than twenty minutes; an airport is named when the aircraft was low and within five miles of it at that end.

Positions from the adsb.lol community network (open data). A distance is the sum of the straight lines between the positions heard, so it is a little short of the true track. Positions are kept in full for 7 days and at one point every five minutes after that, for 180 days. Map: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors. For understanding where an aircraft went, not for flying.

The aircraft

Aircraft: Beech D18S, built 1947
Kind: Twin-engine piston aircraft, 10 seats
Operator: American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Registered in: Dallas, TX
Transponder code: A18326

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