Falcon 7X Lands on Ice Runway in the Antarctic

[ScudRunner-d95]

[b]Falcon 7X Lands on Ice Runway in the Antarctic[/b]



Source: [url=http://frontpage.scudrunners.com/falcon ... antarctic/]Falcon 7X Lands on Ice Runway in the Antarctic[/url]

[Liquid Charlie]

We were landing a 72-200 on the ice because even though the 200 series was not certified for gravel ops like the 100 series TC deemed an ice strip "Hard Surface" now the refueling -- wonder if that got as high as I was charged at the north pole $28/L -- never did find out who paid that bill -- LMFAOooooo

[ScudRunner-d95]

wow 28 bucks a liter lol,


Rental car agreement said if I didn't return it will full gas I would be charged 9 bucks a gallon

[Ref Plus 10]

Looks like Troll Station (NOR) with the 12000 feet of impeccably smooth ice and very friendly people...cause who doesn't love a Scandinavian...Now lemme at 'em with the 767!  Was at Novo (Russian station a few hundred miles down the coast) when a 727 came in to the blue ice runway, full reverse to the end...compressor stall or slide off the end...tough choice to be made in Antarctica.

[Eric Janson]

Landing on blue ice usually means no braking. The wind tends to polish the ice and it becomes a skating rink.

The trick is to go up and down the runway with tracked vehicles to roughen up the ice - then it's similar to landing on a gravel runway.

[JW Scud]

[quote author=Eric Janson link=topic=6059.msg16066#msg16066 date=1492930502]
Landing on blue ice usually means no braking. The wind tends to polish the ice and it becomes a skating rink.

The trick is to go up and down the runway with tracked vehicles to roughen up the ice - then it's similar to landing on a gravel runway.
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We used to call it scarifying.