AT209 UAS Logbook Aug 2022- Dec 2022

This is a Google Sheets link to my logbook for this semester:


 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Qd88JgnPS1iquSvRgWqaNsoYgiLTkpz5lUNKEXFgmno/edit?usp=sharing

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