Saturday, September 8, 2007

Supervision Camera Takes to Skies in Steve Fossett Search

It flies higher than a normal search and rescue plane, but its techno-eyes are among the most advanced. Searchers hope that the Civil Air Patrol's ARCHER imaging system will aid in the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared with his plane Monday in Nevada.


As the search for missing adventurer Steve Fossett continues, rescuers are turning to a supervision camera that can distinguish objects like wreckage far more efficiently than the human eye.


The Civil Air Patrol has brought in a special plane from its Utah branch fitted with supervision equipment from the Overland Park, Kan.-based Archer Technologies Inc.


The ARCHER -- an acronym for Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance -- is capable of panchromatic aerial imaging far more detailed than plain sight or ordinary photography can gather.



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