""It's Cold Outside!"". So, the operator of the 9-lens aerial camera wears wool gloves. And, since the usual "shooting height" is 13,750 feet, oxygen masks are used by plane crew and camera operators. Maneuvering this 750-pound piece of equipment is a task under the best of conditions, therefore, everything possible is done to make things easier for the operator. Here he turns the switch that starts the big camera rolling. For a period of eight to ten months of each year, the Coast guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey "team up" on map-making operations. A Coast Guard plane (B-17, famou
""It's Cold Outside!"". So, the operator of the 9-lens aerial camera wears wool gloves. And, since the usual "shooting height" is 13,750 feet, oxygen masks are used by plane crew and camera operators. Maneuvering this 750-pound piece of equipment is a task under the best of conditions, therefore, everything possible is done to make things easier for the operator. Here he turns the switch that starts the big camera rolling. For a period of eight to ten months of each year, the Coast guard and the Coast and Geodetic Survey "team up" on map-making operations. A Coast Guard plane (B-17, famous flying fortress of World War II) especially modified for map-making, carries camera and two operators. The Coast Guard pilot must maintain a constant altitude over the area to be photographed, while the Coast and Geodetic Survey camera "shoots" the terrain below.
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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
