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Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
I live and work in Sarasota FL and I have seen some low flying aircraft especially around the beach, but this one was very very low at 10:15pm Eastern . I really though for a moment I was witnessing a plane crash when I got out of my car in the dark parking lot. No noise until it was right in front of me and few hundred feet. I got on Flightradar24 ASAP lol!! And it was doing a patter like it was mapping. But why would it be flying at night for that! At 200 feet!???
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Last edited by SRQLOT on Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:03 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
I’m guessing mosquito spraying. Your map lines up with the treatment areas for last night.
Re: Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
orlandocfi wrote:I’m guessing mosquito spraying. Your map lines up with the treatment areas for last night.
Ah! But why would he be spraying farm and wooded areas way east of new developments? And at that low of an altitude? Not much vertical distance to deal with an engine failure.
Re: Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
orlandocfi wrote:I’m guessing mosquito spraying. Your map lines up with the treatment areas for last night.
Gold star for you!
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Dynamic Aviation Beech 65-A90-1 N79W cn LM-77 by tipekusair, on Flickr[/photoid]Re: Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
TWA302 wrote:orlandocfi wrote:I’m guessing mosquito spraying. Your map lines up with the treatment areas for last night.
Here's the map compare:
July 27, 2021
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79W/history/20210728/0031Z/KSRQ/KSRQ
https://sarasota.leateamapps.com/PublicMap
Click on Search Past Treatments / Start Date=July 27 End Date=July27 / Update Map
July 23, 2021
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N79W/history/20210724/0029Z/KSRQ/KSRQ
https://sarasota.leateamapps.com/PublicMap
Click on Search Past Treatments / Start Date=July 23 End Date=July23 / Update Map
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Re: Low flying King Air over Sarasota FL
SRQLOT wrote:orlandocfi wrote:I’m guessing mosquito spraying. Your map lines up with the treatment areas for last night.
Ah! But why would he be spraying farm and wooded areas way east of new developments? And at that low of an altitude? Not much vertical distance to deal with an engine failure.
It’s probably been identified as a breeding area so they’re spraying it. We’ve certainly been getting a lot of rain this season, so it doesn’t surprise me that mosquito population might be getting out of hand!
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