That line appeared about an hour after the plane was reported missing. I too am confused with that line. Some ATC help here, but I think it was a way to distinguish the track as not moving on the screen to assist with the work load.
Tampa Tribune article : http://www.tbo.com/pasco/MGBNSJ0RT7F.html
It is also reported that he was in the Bahamas for Scuba Diving. My speculation is that this and the facts that he was last reported at 20k feet might have something to do with this event.
John Voda
L-IVP 60%
--- On Tue 10/16, Steve Reeves < sreeves@sc.rr.com > wrote:
From: Steve Reeves [mailto: sreeves@sc.rr.com]
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:05:33 -0400
Subject: [LML] Re: Search for pilot missing in Bahamas
suspended
What is with the long straight line on FlightAware? Does it just
extrapolate from the last known heading? We use it alot but I've
never seen a plot like that. I would assume that can't be the real track.
Steve Reeves
Glasair 1FT 38SR
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