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Stunning: Video Shows Icelandair 767 Taking Off On Antarctic Glacial Ice Runway
Simple Flying ^
| 2 March 2021
| Chris Loh
Posted on 03/02/2021 1:07:22 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
It was yesterday, on March 2nd, that the Norwegian Polar Institute posted a video of the 767’s short time in Antarctica. Embedded below, the minute-long video shows beautiful drone footage of the aircraft on the ice runway. The aerial scene is then followed by a few seconds of timelapse video of passengers getting off the plane, walking down the airstairs. Finally, we can see the 767 take off from the ice runway, surrounded by not much more than ice, snow, and mountains.
... Its next flight is scheduled for tomorrow to a destination that is a little less exciting: Boston Logan International Airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at simpleflying.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: cool
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Cool indeed.
But no skis????
Looks like rubber tires? Snow tires?
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:07:22 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
The answer is in the title: Stunning: Video Shows Icelandair 767 Taking Off On Antarctic Glacial Ice Runway
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:09:00 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:11:22 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Yo-Yo
To: crusty old prospector
Reminds me, DJT has great taste in planes too!
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:17:36 PM PST
by
Riflema
To: Yo-Yo
“The answer is in the title: Stunning: Video Shows Icelandair 767 Taking Off On Antarctic Glacial Ice Runway”
No different than Iceland, from what I hear.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:19:50 PM PST
by
BobL
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:22:10 PM PST
by
bwest
To: Yo-Yo
That is not the same airplane as the one in the video.
To: All
Big deal. Clint Eastwood did the same thing in a Russian fighter plane years ago in the Firefox documentary.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:24:09 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Biden/Harris - the regime our Founding fathers warned us about.)
To: crusty old prospector
“Never mind, Jake. That’s Iceland Town.”
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:25:02 PM PST
by
rlmorel
("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
To: DUMBGRUNT
During an Arctic Warrior exercise, I landed in a 747 on a Norwegian airstrip that looked exactly like that. It wasn’t on a glacier, just an airport that they don’t bother to plow because they simply couldn’t keep up. We were wheels-up South Carolina, so I’m presuming they weren’t snow tires (if that’s even a thing in aviation).
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:26:18 PM PST
by
ScubaDiver
(Reddit refugee.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I must be getting old. Just seemed like a normal takeoff.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:28:05 PM PST
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
To: DUMBGRUNT
What do they use to clear the runway, a Zamboni?
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:28:57 PM PST
by
HangnJudge
(Amen (Awomen) brother!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
If there is sufficient amount of flat surface, an airplane has decent chance of landing and taking off from such a surface.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:36:30 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: Yo-Yo
Underneath the aircraft, between the rear landing gears, does that look like Santa on his sleigh?
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:37:28 PM PST
by
dljordan
(Slouching towards Woketopia)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:39:48 PM PST
by
null and void
(The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
To: HangnJudge
What do they use to clear the runway, a Zamboni?
YES!
Only the best!
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:47:31 PM PST
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: SamAdams76
The cold, dense air shortens the takeoff roll considerably.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:48:48 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: crusty old prospector; colorado tanker
The image was to show how an airliner can land on an ice glacier without skis, as the O.P. asked.
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posted on
03/02/2021 1:50:24 PM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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