WX1SVR
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Hi All,
Saw something that I have never seen before. I am in Naples, FL and whatever the environmental conditions have been for the past two days, they have led to very defined and long vapor trails in the sky which has been cool and allowed me to watch aircraft progress. Today, however, I noticed something that, in 30 years of plane spotting, I have never seen before. Thanks to the well-defined contrails, I was able to follow 3 planes, very high up - high enough to not hear any sound from them - making large circles around my area of Naples. This happened between approximately 1:00pm EST and 1:45pm EST. There were 3 aircraft making large circles around my area. I know President Obama was visiting the state today, I believe in Miami for a speech. I am wondering if these aircraft were related. Although Miami is 100 miles to our East. These were not small aircraft. Certainly 1-2 engines per wing - large aircraft, not fighters. To me, they looked like aerial refueling for a CAP maybe or AWACS or whatever else might have been occurring. If anyone has any ideas what I saw, I would appreciate it. No radio transmission that I could find.
Thanks!
Saw something that I have never seen before. I am in Naples, FL and whatever the environmental conditions have been for the past two days, they have led to very defined and long vapor trails in the sky which has been cool and allowed me to watch aircraft progress. Today, however, I noticed something that, in 30 years of plane spotting, I have never seen before. Thanks to the well-defined contrails, I was able to follow 3 planes, very high up - high enough to not hear any sound from them - making large circles around my area of Naples. This happened between approximately 1:00pm EST and 1:45pm EST. There were 3 aircraft making large circles around my area. I know President Obama was visiting the state today, I believe in Miami for a speech. I am wondering if these aircraft were related. Although Miami is 100 miles to our East. These were not small aircraft. Certainly 1-2 engines per wing - large aircraft, not fighters. To me, they looked like aerial refueling for a CAP maybe or AWACS or whatever else might have been occurring. If anyone has any ideas what I saw, I would appreciate it. No radio transmission that I could find.
Thanks!