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A Boeing 757 landed on the blue-ice runway in Antarctica for the first time
A Boeing 757 landed on the blue-ice runway in Antarctica for the first time (mashable.com) और अधिक...Actually, the Royal New Zealand Air Force's Boeing 757 was the first to land in Antarctica was already six years ago this month in 2009 at McMurdo Sound. Here is the article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3172050/RNZAF-jet-lands-on-ice
Interesting.....! That would be a fascinating trip.....Jumping back about 60 years in Aviation technology -My dad Flew Connies from Christchurch, NZ to Antarctica as part of 'Operation Deep Freeze' (The Puckered Penguins) with VXE-6 back in the early 1970's...The wonderful Lockheed C-121J (BuNo 131624) The 'Phoenix 6' was his plane..... In fact the squadron with that very plane in the background is featured on the wikipedia page for VXE-6. Nice. The sister Connie, the Pegasus (BuNo 131644, c/n 4145) crashed on the McMurdo ice in whiteout conditions with 40 some knot , 90 degree crosswinds (after 6 previous go-rounds). I imagine fuel was getting to be an issue. Fortunately no casualties but that Connie was scuttled there.......
Cool video I've been to point Mcmurdo several times during my 20 yrs as a c141 loadmaster. If only I had a digital video recorder like we have today... tried many times to use video camera that had the tape cartridges only to freeze and break within minutes.... I only have my photos so this video brought back alot of great memories.
C141 was almost 100k/lb heavier than the B757 - mainly because of the two additional engines.