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Anybody recognize this payload or device? (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by General_Shenanigans to c/[email protected]
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Captured this guy doing some sort of low-flying surveying. The way they were flying around erratically and extremely low got me curious. Looked up the aircraft: the leasing company photos didn’t show this device.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

LIDAR pipeline inspection

https://www.lasen.com/helicopter-alpis

[–] General_Shenanigans 2 points 5 days ago

OMG yes, perfect explanation! I had suspected something to do with pipelines, mostly due to the absolute whacky flight paths I saw when I looked it up on FlightAware. Thanks!