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Business Jets Measure Ozone Depletion For German Researchers
German aerospace research agency DLR has enlisted the services of two business jets for some extensive environmental research intended to measure ozone dep

German aerospace research agency DLR has enlisted the services of two business jets for some extensive environmental research intended to measure ozone depletion in the atmosphere. On November 4, a Falcon 20E and a Learjet 35A took off from DLR’s Oberpfaffenhofen base near Munich, along with a Russian Geophysika M-55 high-altitude surveillance aircraft. They were to fly to Darwin in northern Australia, stopping en route in Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, India, Thailand and Brunei.

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