On Friday 09 July 2004 13:59, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> > Interesting. Spar is probably the largest Aerospace company in
> > Canada. They made the robotic arm for the space schuttle and they
> > made FLIRs for us. FWIW after the program was cancelled a lot of
> > the hardware ended up being scrapped and I found a 99% complete
> > FLIR in a scrap yard. I'm now the proud owner of it :-)
>
> What in tarnations is a FLIR?
My best guess is "Forward Looking InfraRed".. an IR generally used on
police (and probably military) helicopters to help locate people via
their IR (body heat) signatures.
Damn, I think that I've watched too many "COPS" episodes in the past...
Pat
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Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 14:19:28 BST