Thursday, November 5, 2015

Demonstration of NOAA's Beechcraft King Air Aircraft Capabilities

NOAA Chief Financial Officer Mark Seiler and NOS Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator David Holst recently joined NOAA Corps pilots and an NGS sensor operator for a demonstration flight on NOAA's Beechcraft King Air coastal mapping and emergency response aircraft out of MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The crew discussed the new topo-bathy light detection and ranging (lidar) system used to collect shoreline and bathymetric data in the nearshore environment, highlighting the aircraft's suite of camera's used to collect imagery in support of updating nautical charts and assesing damage caused by natural and manmade disasters.

For more information, contact: Mike.Aslaksen@noaa.gov.