Flight Ops

Flight Ops in an Oil Dispersant Aircraft

Posing in the front seat of an oil dispersant aircraft. Twin engine King Air aircraft used during the BP Oil Spill of 2010. You probably saw this on the news skimming the waters surface and spewing dispersant out the trailing edge of the wing.

This was a prelude to flying a multi-spectral camera system in another King Air aircraft. This was to search for oil spills from the air. A California/Colorado based company provided the service and aircraft are being contracted to fly the camera system.

Flying over Salisbury, Maryland in mid 2014 with a multi-spectral camera installed in the contract King Air aircraft. This camera needed to have streets and buildings for its software to calibrate properly. Each pixel is geo-tagged with the latitude and longitude of its location. An inertial measurement unit and computer calculate the view of the cameras location in relation to the aircraft position in the sky. This is done using a differential GPS with the inertial measurement unit.

Technical Lab Area

Technical Lab Area

Some pictures of a technical lab where data and voice equipment are tested and maintained. Part of a manufacturer of radio and dispatch equipment. This vendor has been around many years, and has a great product. Just showing some of the gear I get to play with on a daily basis.

 Dispatch consoles and line card racks.

 Lab test area for call taking and dispatch for E911 equipment.

 Computer based dispatch equipment. 

A little POTS humor with the telephone guys.

Just a quick walk through of some of the lab. Nothing proprietary or classified shown. You can own all of this yourself with a lot of cash. I know some amateur radio types that probably do own this much gear, and most of it have the Motorola emblem on it. That is a lot more money. Hope everyone enjoys.

Will post more interesting things over time.