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Expeditions > Deep Flight I Expeditions --Deep Flight I Expeditions-- Royal Captian I, South Sea China, Philippines, May 1995 Royal Captain II, South Sea China, Philippines, May 1996 National Geographic Explorer TV Feature, April 1996 --Deep Flight 502 Expeditions-- Initial tests, November 2002, Point Richmond, CA Initial tests, December 2002, Point Richmond, CA First open water tests, January 2003, Monterey, CA First Flight School, February 2003, Bahamas TED Conference, March 2004, Point Richmond, CA --Wet Flight Expeditions-- "Dolphins: the Ride", Honduras, May 1997 Royal Captain I The Search for the Wreck of the Royal Captain May 9, 1995 Summary On Tuesday , May 9, the Royal Captain search project team boarded the Island Explorer and began their search for the wreck of the Royal Captain. Modern day pirates are as rare as great white sharks but if you want to chum for them this is the place. The Team Goals Equipment Notes Expedition Log
Equipment R.O.V. Phantom DHD2, with 680m N14 cable, equipped with a single-function hand, a 1/3 horsepower sediment blower, and a Hi-8 camera for local recordings. Video Recording On-board ROV local Hi-8 video recording. Surface SVHS recording of ROV footage. Still Imaging Mitsubishi CP-110U Color VideoCopy Processor for stills of ROV footage. Sonor ROV fitted with Imagenex 855 Imagining Sonar. Tracking ORE Track Point 2 Acoustic Positioning ROV Track Position Logging System Workboat by Software Engineering Associates Computers Record deck 486; mapping software (Autocad); GIS system, 1 Toshiba laptop computer; 1 NEC laptop computer.