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gun camera

American  

noun

  1. an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.


Etymology

Origin of gun camera

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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My analyses of other task force cases, involving gun camera footage of indistinct shapes, have also been supported by Pentagon sources cited by the New York Times.

From Scientific American

The first video, known as "FLIR1," of the unidentified object was taken on Nov. 14, 2004, and shot by the F-18's gun camera.

From Fox News

"Furthermore, beyond what the pilots saw with their own trained eye, the technological feat they encountered was further verified by the impressive Aegis SPY-1 radar, America’s premier radar system at the time, and even gun camera footage and sonar systems from submarines accompanying the carrier."

From Fox News

A logbook and gun camera photos that belonged to a World War I pilot were also found in a U.K. barn earlier this month.

From Fox News

“I was also amazed by nine small rolls of gun camera photographs from 1918. Gun cameras were used during training and combat to test accuracy. But that Pilot’s Flying Log Book is particularly special. It’s incredibly rare. I have only ever seen one in a museum.”

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