Often they do it during a Customs Inspection and other
times, I'm sure during a "ramp check" at 2 AM.


"randall g" wrote in message
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| On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:32:20 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
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| Sometimes drug smugglers sell their airplanes [if they
| didn't just steal one for the trip]. If the DEA gets a
| chance they will hardwire their own transponder in the
| airplane so it is always on so they can track them. The
new
| owner finds out that their regular panel mounted
transponder
| isn't working and then they find the DEA's mounted
somewhere
| in the belly.
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| ?? How would the DEA get a chance to do that? Do they get
a warrant to
| break into a suspect aircraft and install additional
avionics?
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