Saturday, December 19, 2015

Magnetic Survey?

There was a magnetic survey aircraft working the area. Before they took off, they set up a reference antenna:


With this control box:


I don't know what they're looking for or who is paying them to do it. I didn't get a close look at the airplane, but it was a cream-colored Navajo with Canadian registration. Didn't see them set up the antenna, another aircraft owner told me about it.
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3 comments:

  1. Lockwood12/20/2015 3:52 PM

    Here's a write-up on what sounds like a similar survey I posted 5 1/2 years ago, in SE WA and NE OR. http://outsidetheinterzone.blogspot.com/2010/06/usgs-aerial-magnetic-survey.html

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  2. Anonymous12/20/2015 8:28 PM

    Are you sure it was a magnetic survey? With the latest advances in GPS and LIDAR, new topographical maps of the entire continent are being created.

    Al_in_Ottawa

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  3. jon spencer1/06/2016 12:08 PM

    There are privately owned helicopters using magnetic anomaly detectors to look for metallic deposits that are underground for future mining.

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