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I suspect the entire project was photographed with unmanned UAVs.
We were sure that renting an A-10 Thunderbolt II with titanium tub and the operational cost would be complex, and expensive. It was a bit beyond our scope as an aerial mapping company.
Years ago when we worked at our former place of employment the home office managed to crash their 206 in a backyard. No one was hurt at all, so it was lucky, but the 206 was trash.
They asked us to find a replacement. We found a 206 Turbo that was originally sold to some Colombian company for aerial photography and it had a factory hole in the belly for the camera system. They sold it to a company in Europe for passenger service company. It was dissembled and crated up for a few years and shipped back to south America. It was in some jungle city and the price sounded good.
We told them we would accept it if it was delivered to our home airport, and our mechanic approved it as represented. Once again the pilots at the company did not want to play Indiana Jones and fly across the jungle. Some local ferry pilot was ready. He flew it for many long miles over dense jungle, and had to land at little remote airports to buy fuel. Just flying from the tip of Mexico to Oklahoma and over the Gulf of Mexico would be scary enough. It arrived and was just what we needed. It was purchased, and they are still using it.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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