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| Incredible moment pilot becomes the first to land an Airbus A340 on ANTARCTICA |
| 2021-11-24 |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 At the Pole the don't turn off the engines--I'm told they have to keep the fuel from congealing. Warming it up with a fire under the wing isn't something they like doing. |
| Posted by: james 2021-11-24 22:22 |
| #10 Bet they kept those engines running the whole time they were there. Jet Engines do not like starting when they're cold. That's why you almost always see prop planes at those latitudes. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2021-11-24 16:16 |
| #9 Gonna load up some fungi from Yuggoth? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-11-24 10:51 |
| #8 'the colder the better' is true only to a certain point when it gets really cold and stays cold, the tires on the plane freeze and crack, in addition various hinges freeze shut, etc. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-11-24 10:35 |
| #7 There was a rescue flight in winter too. Doctor rescued from Antarctica in 1999 dies at 57 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-11-24 09:38 |
| #6 #4 - No that was with Kurt Russell and Wilford Brimley |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-11-24 08:48 |
| #5 Meanwhile, the USAF is resurrecting an old project, sort of: they are in talks w/Japan’s civil aviation about putting floats on a C-130 for special ops. Years back Lockheed (pre-merger days) floated (bad pun, not sorry) a flying boat version of the Herc to the DoD. This latest go-round has floats attached to the struts so it is convertible between land and sea. Not a true amphibian. Picture shows 2 floats about the size of Rhode Island. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2021-11-24 08:29 |
| #4 ^ Procopius2k was that in 1996 when a guy went bananas and attacked a bunch of people with a hammer? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-11-24 07:58 |
| #3 There was a rescue flight in winter too. One of the scientists needed a medevac. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-24 07:48 |
| #2 All I am thinking about is ICE, landing at 140+ miles p/hr. and how far the plane slid. Note: I had a buddy that did a Winter-Over in McMurdo Station and saw a loaded C-17 doing it. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-11-24 07:36 |
| #1 ..Humans are really weird. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-11-24 07:07 |