Led by ric Gillespie, the team are preparing to journey next month to Gardner Island in the Pacific to find clues of missing American aviation legend Amelia Earhart.

Ric said: 'the world's beaches, bays and oceans are rich repositories of rare aircraft but they remain largely untapped because of the corrosive effects of immersion in sea water.

During laboratory trials in 2006, the RIC was found to be much more accurate and at least 50% faster than touch screens and 'up, down, select '(UDS) systems.