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English: 330-PS-9731 (428-GX-USN 710571): This U.S. Navy WV-2 “Super Constellation flew the first 25,000 mile Project Magnet Survey Flight of the South Pacific, 15 October 1959. The flight, first of a series, acquired data about the Earth’s magnetic field over ocean areas. Project Magnet is an airborne geomagnetic survey by the U.S. Navy, which will over 600,000 miles to gain information for the Navy’s hydrographic office 1945 world magnetic charts. These charts will bring up-to-date information gained 30 or more years ago, and will be available to maritime, aviation, and scientific communities of the world. A second plane used in the project, an R5D transport, left Washington, D.C. on 17 September to fly a track around the world and is presently surveying the Indian Ocean. Crews for the two project magnet aircraft are composed of military personnel and civilian geophysicists from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 18 October 1959. (9/30/2014).
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