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[Water lapping] [Bugs]

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[Music]

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[Trees sinking]

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[Water lapping]

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[Car traffic]

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[Music]

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[Tarmac sounds]

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[Music]

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[Airplane taking off]

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[Music] [Jet engines]

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>>28502 is loaded.

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>>Bars are up.

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>>PPA engaged.

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>>Released.

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>>This is our flight plan. We're gonna fly
thirteen UAVSAR science lines to measure the

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levees and the earth around New Orleans.

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>>We like to look at this once or twice a year and see what's developed here since

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the last time we did this trip.

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>>Basically we take the measurement of the
surface, and we can detect when the surface

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has movement. First of all we want to make
sure there's no movement of those levees.

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As far as the sinkhole goes, we study it to
see if we can see the trend.

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>>My role is to operate the Payload Precision
Autopilot. It's the system that helps the

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aircraft repeat lines over and over. For example,
the lines we're doing right now we repeat

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on a regular basis, so the scientists can
see differences over a period of time.

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>>It's beneficial for the residents to know
where the sinkhole is, how much the land is

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sinking, and also the integrity of 
the levees.

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[Jet sounds] [Music]

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>>Line completed.

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>>Line complete.

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>>Ok, I've got the jet.

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>>Disengaged.

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[Radio chatter]