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Yea those Kenn Borek guys are a different breed. I think this has been posted here before but: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kenn-borek-smithsonian-aw
by aunty_helen 8y ago
Yea those Kenn Borek guys are a different breed.
I think this has been posted here before but: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kenn-borek-smithsonian-award-1.4046501 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kenn-borek-smithsonia...
As for the crossing from NZ-Antarctica, even large planes struggle, there's generally a point in the journey that they have to commit to landing as they don't have enough fuel to get there, abort and come back. This can be an issue as the weather in Antartica changes rapidly so you may find yourself in a storm after getting the green light to commit, as the RNZAF 757 did a few years ago:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/65543703/murray-mccullys-dramatic-antarctic-flight-report-released https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/65543703/murray-mccullys...
(I'm not sure if the C-17 planes the USA fly down there have the same issue but every other plane will)
- bacon_waffle 8y agoThe C17 usually flies from Christchurch to McMurdo and back, without taking on fuel in McMurdo. They are such impressive machines!
- aunty_helen 8y agoImpressive as they are, the last(final?) time the C-5 came to Christchurch the C-17s looked ordinary next to them. When the C-5 was lined up, the taxing A320's looked like dinkys. However, the C-5 was to big to head down to the ice.