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US Air Force attempts Antarctica night-vision flight
AFP ^ | Sep 11, 2008 | Unknown

Posted on 09/12/2008 5:28:41 AM PDT by decimon

NASA image of Antartica. A US Air Force plane left New Zealand for Antarctica early Friday on a key mission that could pave the way for year-round flights to the bottom of the world. (AFP/NASA/USGS/fILE)

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A US Air Force plane left New Zealand for Antarctica early Friday on a key mission that could pave the way for year-round flights to the bottom of the world.

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"At the moment we make that last trip in February and then don't come back until August. If we can go in and out a couple of times a month, we can go and get people out or drop more people off," McGann said.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Science
KEYWORDS: aerospace
This is news to me.
1 posted on 09/12/2008 5:28:41 AM PDT by decimon
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To: Paleo Conservative

Frost flight ping.


2 posted on 09/12/2008 5:30:05 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

Just so they dont try it with any AIRBUUST Flying Junk:-)


3 posted on 09/12/2008 5:33:07 AM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 (An Empty Suited Opportunist with No Redeeming Value!)
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To: NOBAMA in 08
Just so they dont try it with any AIRBUUST Flying Junk:-)

Or any commercial plane. A high-wing military plane sound right but a C-17 is a durned big plane. But then, it's the USAF so they must know what they are doing, eh?

4 posted on 09/12/2008 5:40:17 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

When I was in Christchurch, New Zealand, I had the pleasure of visiting the Antarctic Museum bu the airport. Pretty neat place especially the exhibits and even the penguins.


5 posted on 09/12/2008 6:36:35 AM PDT by CORedneck
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To: decimon

The Air Force's been doing it for years with C-130s, C-141s and now C-17s.


6 posted on 09/12/2008 7:10:30 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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To: JRios1968

OK, now I'm impressed.

7 posted on 09/12/2008 7:37:21 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

FRED on the ice? Color ME impressed!


8 posted on 09/12/2008 7:58:57 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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The Air Force's been doing it for years with C-130s, C-141s and now C-17s.

Over the winter months? Not in those pics cuz there the sun do shine.

9 posted on 09/12/2008 8:00:31 AM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

True. But I don’t think you want to risk landing in McMurdo in the middle of the Antarctic winter. The cold would be hell on the hydraulics.


10 posted on 09/12/2008 8:03:08 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Sarah Palin smash Hulk!)
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