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Cessna Caravan (VH-FHY) - Cessna 208B cn 208B0764. CCG DATA Service VH-FHY YPJT 24th July 2020.
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Cessna Caravan (VH-FHY)

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Cessna 208B cn 208B0764. CCG DATA Service VH-FHY YPJT 24th July 2020.

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Gavin Hughes
Great photo of an impressive looking aircraft, Kurt
Paul Wisgerhof
The sensors on the plane are used for geophysical survey work in Australia.
Kurt FingerPhoto Uploader
Hi Gavin, thank you. A bit of luck, after departure it did two overshoots. Got it on the 2nd one.
Luc Barbier
New dart game??

But it is also linked to a sad story: Collision with water involving Cessna 208B, VH-FAY, 185 km NE of Tokyo, Japan, on 27 September 2018
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2018/aair/ao-2018-065/
which, according to a simple search on the net, was used with the very same detection equipments.
Usual Suspect
Can anyone explain what the device is between the two main landing gear?
skylab72
The device between the main gear is a purpose-built magnetic flux detector. It is released from the host aircraft on a cable and the net cone tail keeps it oriented. Other than the likelihood that there is some impressive software interpreting its output, there little more I know.
adelma
I'm sure the folks who designed the Caravan never thought of this! Very interesting!
Now that is a crazy rig.
Ioan Popa
Libelula aerului.
Kurt FingerPhoto Uploader
Ioan Popa well described.
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