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Mission Sensor Operator Wade Hutt checks out the large camera attached to the Pilatus multi-mission aircraft in a hangar at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado. This aircraft is used to detect fires, help with mapping of perimeters and give real time situational awareness of fires. The plane is also used for search and rescue operations, wildlife surveys, even avalanches.
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