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There is a necessity to promote investigations in this direction by modifying hardware characteristics and developing specific proceeding algorithms. For this purpose, we upgraded commercial ground-based subsurface sounding hardware and performed corresponding computer simulation and real experiments. Finally, the first experimental flights were done with the constructed GPR prototype mounted on a helicopter. Using our experience in the development of ground-based GPR and the results of numerical simulations, an appropriate configuration of antennas and their placing on the flying machine were chosen. Computer modeling allowed us to select an optimal resistive loading of transmitter and receiver dipoles; calculate radiation patterns on fixed frequencies; analyze the efficiency of different conductor diameters in antenna circuit; calculate cross-coupling of transmitting and receiving antennas with the helicopter. Preliminary laboratory experiments to check the efficiency of the designed system were performed on an urban building site, using a tower crane with the horizontal jib to operate the measuring system in the air above the ground area to be sounded. Both signals from the surface and subsurface objects were recorded. To interpret the results, numerical modeling was carried out. A two-dimensional model of our experiment was simulated, it matches well the experimental data. Laboratory experiments provided an opportunity to estimate the level of spurious reflections from the external objects, which helps to recognize weak signals from subsurface objects in GPR surveys under live conditions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13040667","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,12]],"date-time":"2021-02-12T18:45:00Z","timestamp":1613155500000},"page":"667","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Airborne Ground Penetrating Radar, Field Test"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Dmitry","family":"Edemsky","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), 108840 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0677-8257","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexei","family":"Popov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), 108840 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9634-9431","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Igor","family":"Prokopovich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), 108840 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia"}]},{"given":"Vladimir","family":"Garbatsevich","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), 108840 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Daniels, D.J. 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