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Activities and Products
Aero Service Corporation, founded in 1919, is a world
wide aerial mapping and exploration company.
Aero’s services include aerial photography, photo
mosaics, planimetric and topographic maps, and relief
maps, it uses Shoran and radar altimeter. Its geophy
sical services include airborne magnetometer, electro
magnetic detector, and scintillation counter surveys.
Aero speeds resources inventories and development of
natural resources on a broad scale. Other uses are high
way design, city planning and engineering, timber typ
ing, railroad and power line location, stockpile inven
tories, mining development maps, photo-geologic
studies, photo interpretation for engineering purposes.
38. Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.
224 East Eleventh Street, Los Angeles 15, Calif., USA
Representative
M. B. Davis
Exhibit
The exhibit consists of a representation of how the
airborne geophysical division operates.
A model airplane passes over a constantly-changing
representation of underground geology and recording
devices reproduce the records actually made in the
air by airborne geophysical instruments. Side panels
on the exhibit show the aerial survey operations.
Activities and Products
Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. are photogrammetric en
gineers. Fairchild has been operating on a world-wide
basis since 1924, making aerial surveys, topographic
maps, cadastral maps, and airborne geophysical sur
veys. Many map-making techniques were pioneered
by Fairchild, including the slotted templet method of
radial line control. They were among the first to make
geophysical surveys with the airborne magnetometer
and the airborne scintillation counter.
39. Klimsch & Co.
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Swedish Representative
AB Maskinaffaren Pehrsson & Co
Vasagatan 40
Stockholm
40. Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (SAAB)
Linköping, Sweden
Representative
E. Auby
Exhibit
Photographic display showing the Saab-91 Safir all-
metal light plane in its role as a mapping aircraft. Of
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special interest should be the pictures showing the
camera installation and some samples from aerial
mapping flights in Ecuador.
Activities and Products
Formed in 1937, the Saab Aircraft Company is to-day
one of Europe’s largest privately owned aircraft man
ufacturers, with approx. 6,300 employees. The com
pany, which operates factories at Linköping, Troll-
hättan, Göteborg, Jönköping, and Södertälje, devotes
most of its resources to the development and produc
tion of high performance military aircraft, but Saab
is also producing civil aircraft (the Saab-Safir, as
shown in photographs at the exhibition) and a small
car.
41. Hoh & Hahne Hohlux GmbH.
Ludwigstrasse 53, Offenbach/Main
Germany
Representative
A. Linke
Exhibit
The TYPOFOT photo-composing apparatus for mak
ing positives of titles and figures on photochemical
plates, films, and bromide paper, and for printing in
names and the like on maps, cadastral plans, street
and town plans, and the like.
The KARTOLUX text printer for making positive
text originals (film or glass diapositives) up to the size
of 55 X 65 cm.
Activities and Products
Hoh & Hahne Hohlux GmbH, Offenbach/Main, is
one of the oldest and best known German producers
of machines, apparatus, and material for reproduction.
Hoh & Hahne products include reproduction appa
ratus and accessories, cabinet driers, contact printers
and montage apparatus, whirlers and accessories, print
ing frames and accessories, lamps, etching machines,
and other chemigraphic equipment.
42. Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V.
Septestraat 27, Mortsel (Antwerp), Belgium
Representative
L. Thiriar
Exhibit
Panels showing photographs on Gevaert photogram
metric and topographic material.
Activities and Products
Special sensitized material for all photogrammetric and
topographic purposes; also a complete range of film,
plates, paper, and chemicals for all photographic and