Re: Saltzman enlarger has arrived

"John" <use_net@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:07:01 -0700, "Richard Knoppow"
> <dickburk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>The latter was mostly made for aerial mapping from
>>10x10 negatives.
>
> Just a little question about this as the previous owner of my D138 was
> working in this field. How fast do they usually fly and at what
> altitude ? I'm pretty sure he told me they were using 5" roll film for
> this.

9" roll film was also common, and sometimes in stereo. I don't know how
high 
or fast. Our base used rF101 Voodoos (fighter bomber),  rB66 (bomber) and 
was a drop for a U2. You can surf for more information.