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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...chartered seaplanes to be carried on shipboard to the whaling grounds, launched overside and sent spinning over the ocean in far circles. High over the sea, air observers can "spot" a whale even though he lurk far below the surface; can flash his nautical bearings even to an invisible whaleship and keep leviathan in sight until the harpoons arrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Whale Spotting | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

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