As we climbed back into the Earth Plane preparing for take-off, an emergency message came over the radio accusing us of unauthorized landing in Antarctica, and warning that our craft would be shot down if we didn't turn back immediately! Grandpa sat still for a second, shut his radio off...
Friday by Kenn Borek Air, helicopter crews and mountain rescue personnel were to attempt to access the crash site on Saturday if weather conditions were favourable.Henshaw said the weather in the area has improved and it sounded like a helicopter would be capable of landing close to the site....
In extreme cold and winds, making a landing would be ___ (5) ___. Working here is extremely ___ (6) ___. A year before, Jerri Nielsen had seen a(n) ___ (7) ___ looking for doctors to work at the station. She ___ (8) ___ and settled down in Antarctica. Soon, she ...
Designed to be structurally strong and able to land in even the harshest of terrains, it was a natural choice for the Argentine Air Force considering it had unpaved runways in Antarctica, and improvised landing strips in northern Argentina. The capability of this plane to also perform medical e...
I hope not because I’m quite excited about the idea of taking off and landing from 3D water so would prefer the option to mask the water part of the water if possible. (thanks for the update Ben) Ben Supniksays: March 5, 2022 at 4:40 pm ...
CASA are converting our GAAP airports to Class D in June. Have you booked in to attend one of their workshop seminars on the transition? You’d better. Check out theCASA web page about the transition. We shamelessly rip offUCAP’s“Off field landing of the week” segment ...
There was another big advancement update in v12.08, this release covered Landing Gear Physics, and made aircraft easier and more realistic to land (takeoff as well). An annoying X-Plane anomaly for years was finally fixed and the flight model gotimprovements to the way that X-Plane simulates...
The X-37B's Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5) mission ended with a smooth autonomous touchdown at the Shuttle Landing Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:51 a.m. EDT (0751 GMT), Air Force officials said. The mission originally launched on a SpaceX Fa...
So, the capability of taking off and landing from shorter, 3,000-foot-long landing strips was added to the new aircraft. T.Sgt. Laura Tickle/USAF A C-17 Globemaster lands at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, 2017. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below The Air Force announced the new ...
When both wings on the plane fell off, the pilot made an emergency landing on the course. Golf course workers sprang into action when they witnessed the crash landing. They helped to collect the dogs who were running around through the snowy course scared and confused. ...