I have been intercepted (in the middle of the country, not at the edges) at
least twice. This happened more than 10 years ago.

Once was by a pair of F15's that I spotted climbing toward me. They got
to my altitude, turned parallel in the opposite direction, did a 180 turn
then a roll as they came by. I was flying a quite small plane and I would
bet money that this was a radar intercept.

The other one I never saw, but was told about it by the crew of the
intercepting aircraft. They just followed me around a bit testing out their
stuff.

There is no doubt in my mind that any airplane at any altitude can be picked
up by either ground or airborne radar if the operators want to. The trick is
to decide which target you want to watch.



In article , "Ron Natalie"
wrote:

"tony roberts" wrote in message
news:nospam-BF5DB8.18453227122003@shawnews...
Can a 172 flying at 200 feet above water across Lake Superior get through
undetected by radar or AWACS? Are there holes in radar coverage?

You would have a good chance of sneaking through radar but if an AWAC
were monitoring the area then you don't have a chance. When I lived in
the middle east they could detect pickup trucks smuggling Scotch across
the border from Yemen.
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Agreed... Airborne radars can see to the ground. We've got them patrolling
the DC area and they can see stuff that ATC doesn't have a clue about.