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NORWAY 
The large scale maps have been produced mainly in connection with town 
planning, and the maps of medium scale have been used for regional planning. 
The photographic mosaics have been purchased by mining enterprises 
for geological control purposes, and by forestry district councils and private 
forest owners, for planning of forestry. 
Air photographs in the sale of 1 : 15.000, with enlargements in the scale 
of 1 : 5.000, have to a large extent been used in forest inventory. 
Wideroe’s Flyveselskap og Polarfly A/S has carried out air survey for 
the following Government Departments: The Department of hydro-power 
development, The Department of Roads, The Department of State Railways, 
The Department of Agriculture and Forestry, The Department of Regional 
Planning, The Department of Geological Survey, as well as for the county and 
district councils. 
In 1951 and 1952 the company took part in the Anglo-Swedish-Norwegian 
expedition, as well as in the earlier expedition of 1936, when the Norwegian 
sector of the Antarctic was first photographed from the air. 
Wideroe’s Flyveselskap og Polarfly A/S has a fleet of 15 aircraft, a 
staff of 250 men, and an annual budget exceeding 7 mill. Norw. kroner (equals 
$1,000,000 or £350.000). 
The company has its headoffices in Oslo. 
General director Viggo Wideroe 
Administrative manager Vilhelm Skappel 
Operational manager Helge Skappel 
Technical manager K. Hollan Hagen 
Address: Wideroe’s Flyveselskap og Polarfly A/S. 
Kristian Augustsgt. 19, Oslo. 
Vilhelm Skappel 
Manager.