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24th Oct 2022, 13:41

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Originally Posted by golfbananajam

For my education, is there any reason that Rivet Joint flies a stretched figure 8 pattern rather than an oval (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae01d0)?

Or just turn and reverse the track?

My guess is that its something to do with the sensor suite and uplink, also spending c.half the track close to the area of interest.

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