Billy wrote:

Newps wrote:


Andrew Gideon wrote:


I think it would be a good idea to do what's necessary to preserve the RADAR
"recording". It should have both aicraft, showing that there are (at
least) two.

TRACON radar is not recorded.


Which TRACON are you talking about?

All of 'em.


No matter where or how the data is being
recorded, the data is being recorded, at least for a short term.

No, it's not. We only record the comm radios and they are preserved for
45 days.



Consider this accident report, that concerned a flight from Caldwell enroute to
Vineyard Haven in July, 1999. The FAA had no trouble replaying the radar data for
this flight through the metro New York City airspace, even at only 1,300 feet near
Caldwell.

Sure, they got those from NY Center. Centers record their radar. Not
sure how long that data is kept.