The magnetometer instrument rack in Canso VH-AGB as used for the 1959-1960 aeromagnetic survey in Queensland which was awarded to Aero Service Corp by Union Oil Corp where Adastra were subcontracted to do the flying. The pen recorder is the Photographic Survey Corporation recorder used for the EM loop system or possibly removed from the Prince VH-AGF. The recorder ink trace in the photograph is definitely aeromagnetic data. The console to the right (not clearly shown) is a Gulf Mark III magnetometer (possibly now in the collection of the National Museum of Australia). This is a staged photo taken on the ground at Mascot on 2 March 1960. The operator is believed to be Kevin Pavlich. Caption contributed by Doug Morrison.
Picture: State Library of New South Wales
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