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Nope, the camera exposes way more than just the date and time. It has the precise Lat-Long (accurate to within a few feet) altitude, direction of travel, and a LOT of other data it writes down both edges of the 9 inch film. All 18 inches of the edge of the exposure has data and on top of that the data chamber exposes between the frames, and the foreword motion compensation data is evident. The camera knows how fast it is moving across the ground and the film actually moves backward in the camera DURING the exposure. On top of that is is not just one exposure, but usually part of a flight line. We are in the middle of a job now that has a lot of flight lines and some of the flight lines are 140 miles long! Our pilot has a boring job, fly 140 miles at the exact same direction and altitude make a turn and go back shooting for another 140 miles, repeat.
He averages 500 hours of wheels up time every year.
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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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