Vince Capone on CNN
Vince Capone was a featured guest on the CNN program: Erin Burnett Out Front April 17, 2014.
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Side Scan Sonar Students and RJ Walker shipwreck
“About 2 degrees to starboard and slow down to 3 knots,” I said to Captain Steve Evert of Stockton College's Marine field Station. We were surveying the Robert J. Walker shipwreck, using the latest in... -
Finding An Apollo Rocket Engine in the Deep Ocean
Undeniably one of last century's greatest achievements was man stepping foot on the moon. And while technology continues marching forward, there is one famous icon of those lunar landings that has not yet been bested. The F-1... -
How Do you Recover An Apollo Rocket Engine from 3 Miles Beneath the Bermuda Triangle?
One single footprint represents mankind's greatest scientific achievement. An image of that human spoor cast in lunar dust is interminably linked with Neil Armstrong's famous quote: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap... -
Where is Amelia Earhart ?
Some say she was shot down while spying for the American government and captured by the Japanese. Others say she eloped with her navigator Fred Noonan to escape her fame and her husband. While fanciful...
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The hunt for a Civil War Submarine in the greater Philadelphia Area![]()
On and off for the last 20 years, I have been assisting a team of volunteers looking for a Civil War submarine dubbed Alligator Jr, a pre-production model of the US Navy's early submersible Alligator. The submersible Alligator was built in 1861 and lost off the Cape Hatteras in 1863. The search for this historic vessel has been fruitless, and the search area is impossibly large.![]()
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However, Alligator Junior was last seen being demonstrated in the Delaware River near Philadelphia. The volunteer team has narrowed the search area to a creek surrounded by inaccessible marsh. The only practical way to locate the remains of this historic vessel is by using an aerial drone towing a magnetometer. Unfortunately, these assets are few and far between. The team is trying to raise funds to conduct the MAG search through a go fund effort,
Black Laser Learning has launched a new series of streaming training videos. The first to be released focus on coordinate systems and hydrographic surveying. Visit Black Laser Learning's web page for details, ![]()
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Or click on this video link at the bottom of this page for a preview.![]()
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Later this Fall, expect a completely revised basic through an advanced, mission-based, side scan sonar training series of approximately 34 videos. Black Laser will also provide a Principles of Marine Magnetometry streaming training video around the same time frame.
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Marine Technology Training videos for side scan sonar operators, hydrographers, GIS Technicians, Law Enforcement, and Search and Recovery (SAR) personnel.