The main Allied detector at this time was the Magnetic Airborne Detector ( MAD ).
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In June 1955 he submitted his master's thesis, " Modification of a Magnetic Airborne Detector ( AN / ASQ-1A ) for Use in Geophysical Prospecting . " Hearing of the planned International Geophysical Year ( IGY ) expedition to Antarctica, he successfully applied and was appointed geo-magnetician.