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All previous splashdowns have been much further from shore and, moreover, done by squadrons of US Navy ships, so this really hasn't come up before. You don't re
by jccooper 6y ago
All previous splashdowns have been much further from shore and, moreover, done by squadrons of US Navy ships, so this really hasn't come up before. You don't really take your bass boat up to an aircraft carrier a few hundred miles offshore.
I expect they'll have more than one Coast Guard vessel on hand next time, and will probably look into not publicizing the landing zone.
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- taf2 6y agoReminds me of the time I was helping move a boat and we were in the Gulf Stream when we saw an air craft carrier off in the distance. They launched a helicopter and buzzed us was pretty cool day
- ridgeguy 6y agoIt'll be hard to not publicize the LZ. NOTAMS (aircraft exclusion zone) and maritime exclusion zones are public documents. They're essentially map coordinates for the LZ. I think you're right about there being some CG vessels around for the next landing.
- jccooper 6y agoTrue, though they could publish several zones and not announce which will be used. Though the transponders from various ships would eventually give that away. But even if it's not technically secret there's a big difference between a NOTAM and putting out press releases with specific locations, which they did this time.
- _ph_ 6y agoIndeed it would be difficult to stay outside the exclusion zones, unless they are published well in advance. The other problem is, that there are just a huge amount of small boats on the seas around Florida, so they could be close by just by chance on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
- coryfklein 6y agopublicize != publish