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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Is this anyone on the list’s company?  

   

www.col-east.com  

   

Nico  

   

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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Obviously a mapping company similar to ours...  compare at   www.aerialviewpoint.com   

  

  

  

  

 David Owens

Aerial  Viewpoint

N14AV

AC-500A-Colemill

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John Vormbaum

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 273
Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Yes, it belongs to Steve Welebny, the guy who  kindly posted the Bendix pressure carb article for us!

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steve2(at)sover.net
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Yeah, it's us......

  

 We run a 500B with a big hole in the bottom for the  camera. I'm just getting back this afternoon from NH and Burlington VT. Best  photo of our Commander on the web is by some 'plane spotter' that never answered  my email. 

 http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N6157X&distinct_entry=true

  

 Some time back, you and me Nico had a small  difference of opinion on a small political matter that I hoped you never took  personally.

  

 Steve

  

  

Steven  T. Welebny, C.P. 

Certified  Photogrammetrist   

Col-East,  Inc. 

<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = U1  /><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =  "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Harriman  & West  Airport, North  Adams MA 01247 

800-FLY-TOPO  x 209 (voice)    413-663-3489  (fax) 

[url=mailto:swelebny(at)coleast.com]swelebny (swelebny(at)coleast.com)(AT)coleast.com[/url]      www.coleast.com 

 

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nico(at)cybersuperstore.c
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Heck, no, Steve, I don’t remember, so I couldn’t have taken it personally.    

   

Back in the early 60’s I worked in a cartography office when scribing on stabelene was the thing to do. We worked off photogrammetary (?) plotters where I was introduced to stereo photography, mapping, and the rest, so it was quite a trip for me to see your and David Owens’ sites.   

   

Nico  

   

         

  

From: owner-commander-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve

 Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:17 PM

 To: commander-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Re: Commander-List: Commanders in business  

  

     

Yeah, it's us......  

    

   

    

We run a 500B with a big hole in the bottom for the camera. I'm just getting back this afternoon from NH and Burlington VT. Best photo of our Commander on the web is by some 'plane spotter' that never answered my email.   

    

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N6157X&distinct_entry=true  

    

   

    

Some time back, you and me Nico had a small difference of opinion on a small political matter that I hoped you never took personally.  

    

   

    

Steve  

    

   

Steven T. Welebny, C.P.  

[i]Certified Photogrammetrist[/i]   

Col-East, Inc.  

Harriman  & West Airport, North Adams  MA  01247  

800-FLY-TOPO x 209 (voice)    413-663-3489 (fax)  

 (swelebny(at)coleast.com)swelebny (swelebny(at)coleast.com)([b]AT[/b])coleast.com     www.coleast.com  

   

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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject: Commanders in business

Go to   http://www.pimaair.org/Acftdatapics/Sud%20Caravelle.htm    to see whats left of the fleet of the company we merged with in 96... A dreadful  shame...

  

  

  

  

 David Owens

Aerial  Viewpoint

N14AV

AC-500A-Colemill

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steve2(at)sover.net
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: Commanders in business

Well that's good Nico. Nobody right, left or center  seems to be doing a very good job of it.

  

 In some ways the discipline of photogrammetry  hasn't changed all that much. It's the same science, the same math. But instead  of those beautiful old stereoplotters drawing onto mylar, or scribing onto  media, the images are now viewed on a computer screen with 3D glasses. The lines  and symbols are stored as computer drawing elements.

  

 Imagine a contour map draped over a 3D image of the  ground. Pretty neat stuff. The camera nowadays is a about three quarters of a  million bucks. New digital ones go for a million. Gyro-stabilized mount, forward  motion compensation. We're scanning directly from the film at down to 8 microns.  A color image at 12 microns is 1 gigabyte of information.

  

 We get to play with some great stuff.

  

 If you worked with this stuff in the 60's, I bet it  wouldn't take long at all to get back in the saddle once you got over being  wowed by the technology.

  

 Steve

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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: Commanders in business

Here Here...  1.2 gigs on the 12.5 micron  scans... Fast computer and really expensive software is a must. We use dual  monitors and Leica software for the orthos, and the Photoshop touch never hurts  either  

  

  

  

  

 David Owens

Aerial  Viewpoint

N14AV

AC-500A-Colemill

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steve2(at)sover.net
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: Commanders in business

No matter how hard we try we can't keep the color  12 micron scans clean enough not to need Photoshop to clean a lot of dust  bunnies from the orthos. B&W is ok, but I have been discouraging flying the  color orthos such that we need 12 micron scans to do them. Been preferring to  fly them lower, and use more images. For the other folks, the scans of images  are looking at things so small that near microscopic dust particles are a real  pain.

  

 Looks like a run of good weather is hitting New  England, so we hope to be airborne the next couple days. This looks to be  shaping up to be one of the shortest flying seasons on record around  here.

  

 Steve

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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: Commanders in business

Good luck on the flying... We have had a rash of  mech problems in the last few weeks, however I think they might be close to  ironed out...   (crossed fingers). Right now the Nav is getting a  cylinder installed, while waiting on all new tops, since we can fly, cant put  her down that long. Clients are screaming. Do you ever do any out of town  contract stuff to take up the slack in the lean times? Sometimes its good to  have 3 or more birds on the large blocks like we fly to take advantage of the  sun... Your 500 is a "B" model correct? (or a U)?  Is it turbocharged?  Never know what might come of it. We have a pretty substantial backlog on some  of our projects...  Who knows eh?

  

  

  

  

 David Owens

Aerial  Viewpoint

N14AV

AC-500A-Colemill

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