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Michigan DOT Utilizes Humminbird Equipped Sonar EMILY for Monitoring Bridge Scour During High Water Events-Press Release

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    The challenges of monitoring bridge scour, especially during high water events have been made less daunting by small, agile autonomous surface vehicles (ASV). The Michigan Department of Transportation issued a press release describing the selection of the Humminbird® Sonar EMILY® ASV for monitoring bridge scour. The Humminbird data is received by a ground station in real-time for quality…

Black Laser Learning Designs & Delivers Custom Hydrographic Training to Navy UCT

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The US Navy Underwater Construction Teams (UCT) are known and respected for their ability not just to dive but to accomplish a wide variety of submerged construction projects, many of which require accurate hydrographic data (side scan sonar & bathymetry). UCTs must have expertise in many areas and it is not practical for team members to be fully certified Hydrographers.  They do,…

SAR HAWK™ & Humminbird® Soar with Hogansburg-Akwesasne Fire Department

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One does not usually associate Humminbird® Search & Rescue operations with the roar of counter rotating propellers being driven by a 475 horsepower V8 engine. The Hogansburg Awkwesasne Volunteer Fire Department has not one, but two, highly versatile airboats both equipped with Humminbird® side imaging sonars. Black Laser Learning’s Vince Capone spent the weekend working with fire rescue personnel honing…

Black Laser Learning® Partners with Dive Rescue International for Successful Humminbird® training

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Law enforcement and fire rescue teams from four different states recently participated in a two-day Humminbird sonar training seminar in Fort. Collins, Colorado. The event was co-sponsored by Dive Rescue International and Black Laser Learning, Inc. One of the most difficult tasks for Humminbird® sonar operators is being able to identify a drowning victim. While the class attendees had a…

Benton County Humminbird Training a Success

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Over a dozen personnel from six agencies gathered in Bentonville Arkansas for a Black Laser Learning/Dive Rescue International advanced Humminbird training seminar. Agencies from as far away as Iowa and Kentucky made the trip south for a weekend of intensive training. Training started with a review of basic terminology, Humminbird functionality and sonar image analysis, followed by a day on…

Humminbird MEGA shines during Colorado search and rescue training exercises

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Black Laser Learning® conducted joint training with Dive Rescue International, providing Colorado Springs fire rescue as well as visiting underwater search and rescue teams, an extensive workout with the Humminbird MEGA side-imaging sonar system. The primary emphasis was on locating drowning victims, which is an ongoing challenge for first responders. During the June 14 and 15 training sessions, hosted by…

Black Laser Learning® Releases 900-1100 Series Humminbird Side Imaging® Sonar Training DVD

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July 20, 2013: Black Laser Learning, Inc.®, known worldwide for its in-depth sonar technology expertise and innovative training programs, today announced the release of the much-anticipated Not in the Manual Guide® to Underwater Search OPS with Humminbird® Side Imaging® Sonar DVD. The launch of the newest DVD in the Black Laser Learning® library is in response to numerous requests for…

Vince Capone presented on Apollo F-1 engine recovery at the Cosmosphere Space Museum

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In 1969, the famous Apollo 11 mission landed the first two men on the moon. It was an enormous undertaking of men and machines. In 2013, a search expedition mounted by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, set out to find the massive F-1 engines from Apollo 11 near the Bermuda Triangle, in water depths of over 14,000 feet or 4,300 meters.…

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