Fall 2000

The official magazine of the National Drilling Association. Drill Bits magazine is published three times each calendar year, April, July and October. Members of the National Drilling Association receive complimentary copies as part of their membership benefits.

You hear it before you see it; a high-pitched whine like a squadron of industrial vacuum cleaners. Around the meander bend of the little estuary, riding on a cushion of air and sideslipping the turn, Hoverprobe 2000 makes another grand entrance as it trails a plume of mist from the fans yet barely disturbs the surface of the water. Read More