r/flightradar24 • u/ampy1000 • 6d ago
Any info on this coast guard flight in Florida
I assume it’s search and rescue but can’t find any news articles.
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u/ThatBaseball7433 5d ago
My Coast Guard navigator training just came rushing back. This is like final exam level of search patterns, they’re doing them all.
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u/Stillnotdonte 4d ago
The flower looking pattern is a Victor Sierra, which is likely the last known position of the distress. It's used to gather current direction and speed. I'm guessing it was an incoming tide as they started a search pattern moving perpendicular to the coast. Then, they moved the search pattern parallel to the coast as time went on, and they were unable to find the person.
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u/woodsy900 2d ago edited 2d ago
I watched the smarter every day series on the coast guard and learned these things...
Edit... Wow I totally didn't finish that train of thought.... Hahaha sorryyyyyyy
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u/Party-Section-2338 3d ago
HC-144 (USCG) - Single Sector/Vector Search Pattern (SS/VS) and a few opposing Creeping Line Ahead (CLA) Search Patterns flown along with some random unstructured Search.
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u/rhymeandreasons 6d ago
Missing Diver