Notable event

Rare aircraft

Notable flight event recorded by the PlaneTrack receiver network on Fri 25 Sep 2026, 18:49 UTC.

Map of where AE0957's rare aircraft happened
AE0957 aircraft photo
Photo: Jan Seba

Event record

AircraftAE0957
Aircraft typeU2
Operator codeAIO
First seenFri 25 Sep 2026, 18:49 UTC
Last seenFri 25 Sep 2026, 21:29 UTC
Position37.111, -120.281 near Madera Municipal Airport (KMAE)
Altitude45,000 ft

Details

ModelU-2

Why is this aircraft rare?

Its type is on a short, hand-picked list of aircraft few people ever see fly: one-offs, small production runs, historic airframes and special mission types. Everyday widebodies such as the A380 are deliberately not on it.

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Event detected automatically from live ADS-B data. Times are UTC. Automated detections can occasionally misread routine operations.