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As an addicted FR24 user ( esp in these times) I've frequently seen these traces from what I assume are survey /calibration details

...Is this one a calibration exercise or just an excuse for the pilot to practice his etch a sketch skills ?

<standard quip about chemtrails>

That's a survey pattern from a company that does surveying, so I'd go with a survey trip IIRC calibration flights look different.

I believe FR24 spotting posts are now also in the new "I saw a plane" section.

Infra Red or LIDAR survey? Doesn't need to be day AFAIK

Presumably for some applications, night may be better for IR, with generally lower background levels?

Prolly searching via infra red detectors for Cannabis Farms...................

G-LEAF is busy again tonight, too.

Good spot.!

Surely it's one of :

Etch a Sketch practice ( again)
New Design for rear heated screen element
Some sort of bizarre knitting pattern

Whatever. Lucky pilot getting a shed load more P1 than most of us....

If @PeteSpencer is right with his suggested tasking (and that was certainly what I had in mind too) then the aircraft registration is quite appropriate!

Spotting illegal parties by using thermal imaging.

Very commendable in environmental terms to co-locate the place of weed cultivation with the place of consumption!