In 1962 Applied Oceanography Group (AOG) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography leased this DC-3 airplane and it would later be given to them for continued research. This photo shows the front view of the aircraft. With the airplane it was possible to survey 10,000 square miles of sea surface in 24 hours. Circa 1965
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Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an item in the SIO Photographs Collection (SMC 59). Black and white photo [Title, Date]. SIO Photographs Collection. SMC 59. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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Research aircraft Airplanes Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego--History
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