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    Related: Checkerboard painted on fuselage of Boeing test aircraft
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They look very much like position markers to identify known points on the aircraft, for analysing video footage. You see similar markers on crash-test dummies used in vehicle impact trials, for instance, and also in motion-capture in the synthetic movie industry (and in orthopaedics).






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    They look very much like position markers to identify known points on the aircraft, for analysing video footage. You see similar markers on crash-test dummies used in vehicle impact trials, for instance, and also in motion-capture in the synthetic movie industry (and in orthopaedics).






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