Thursday, June 5, 2014

Airborne research and fun


Dad and Maya had a great day visiting NASA's crew at the Sonoma County airport.  The crew was here this morning to fly the AVIRIS Next Generation hyperspectral sensor over some local forests sites in support of Dad's forest species mapping research.

Looking up the hole in the plane to see the sensor

The AVIRIS Next Generation sensor... the best imaging spectrometer sensor on the planet





Maya gets a cockpit tour with the pilot



The plan is a "Twin Otter"







Visiting the Sonoma Air Museum



Playing fighter pilot in an air force jet



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