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Old 01-28-2014, 08:57 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by fryedaze View Post
Come on! Its a plane. When I first started playing with Marine Traffic I would ocasionally see hits moving at 100+ off the coast of Virginia Beach Va. My first thought it was a new fast moving Navy project. Then I saw one over land.
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Pretty slow plane for that far out. If it's airborne and not an anomaly (my guess) I would think rotor wing. Not a lot of <100 k aircraft hundreds of miles offshore. Cessna 172's cruse at 105-110 knots.
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