“Red right Returning” works for airplanes also. Fixed wings would hardly ever have higher lights in the middle, tho. But narrow red/greens with higher center lights would smell like chopper to me. You fiberglass lined hole-in-the-water guys put lights every place so I’m bearing right/starboard.
A quick glance at why details like this Make America Great Again. Awesome 💔 is this POTUS..
https://x.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1881355812435804246
The mnemonic here is CBDR. Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range means you are on a collision course.
Whenever my guys would get a CBDR on the radar, they would report Closest Point of Approach as Frame 54. On my ship, Frame 54 was the separation between the bridge and CIC.
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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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