Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:14 am
Armed with the old Russian charts, the United States Geological Survey began a series of aerial surveys of Afghanistan’s mineral resources in 2006, using advanced gravity and magnetic measuring equipment attached to an old Navy Orion P-3 aircraft that flew over about 70 percent of the country.
The data from those flights was so promising that in 2007, the geologists returned for an even more sophisticated study, using an old British bomber equipped with instruments that offered a three-dimensional profile of mineral deposits below the earth’s surface.
Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:36 am
Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:03 pm
TAdan wrote:I believe the group that did the surveying uses a Canberra with special geological scanning equipment.
Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:23 pm
Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:55 am
WB-57 — NASA’s Eyes on High
A detailed study of the NASA WB-57s discovers that the fleet may be increased and also reports on their recent work in Afghanistan. T. E. Bell gives the latest details on these charismatic high-altitude research aircraft