Winter Flying, pt 3 - LC-130 in crevasse 01.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

[Bruce R]

Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just emptied
out and abandoned?

Bruce R



"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...

[Bruce R]

Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just emptied
out and abandoned?

Bruce R



"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
...

[John Szalay]

"Bruce R" > wrote in
:

> Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
> emptied out and abandoned?
>
> Bruce R
>
>

IIRC:
this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
flying with the NYANG

[John Szalay]

"Bruce R" > wrote in
:

> Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
> emptied out and abandoned?
>
> Bruce R
>
>

IIRC:
this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
flying with the NYANG

[[email protected]]

On 1-Feb-2007, John Szalay > wrote:

> > Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
> > emptied out and abandoned?
> >
> > Bruce R
> >
> >
>
> IIRC:
> this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
> LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
> flying with the NYANG

Boy does this one photo tell a heck of a story.

[[email protected]]

On 1-Feb-2007, John Szalay > wrote:

> > Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
> > emptied out and abandoned?
> >
> > Bruce R
> >
> >
>
> IIRC:
> this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
> LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
> flying with the NYANG

Boy does this one photo tell a heck of a story.

[John Szalay]

wrote in news:K5zwh.63745$uC6.4698@trnddc02:

>
> On 1-Feb-2007, John Szalay > wrote:
>
>> > Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
>> > emptied out and abandoned?
>> >
>> > Bruce R
>> >
>> >
>>
>> IIRC:
>> this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
>> LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
>> flying with the NYANG
>
> Boy does this one photo tell a heck of a story.
>

Heres the Whole story.. and I was wrong about the date.. sorry.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
January 4, 1999
PA/M 99-01

SKI-EQUIPPED CARGO AIRCRAFT, REPAIRED AT REMOTE ANTARCTIC SITE,
RETURNS SAFELY

A ski-equipped LC-130 cargo airplane, which had become lodged in
a snow-covered crevasse in mid-November during a flight to a
remote scientific camp in the Antarctic interior, has returned
safely to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Through the combined efforts of U.S. Air Force and American and
New Zealand civilian technicians, the repair of the aircraft -
operated by the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National
Guard -- included replacing an engine and two propellers. The
repairs were carried out in one of the world's harshest, most
unforgiving and most remote locations.

One of the aircraft's main skis lodged in a crevasse on Nov. 16
while it was taxiing for takeoff after delivering supplies to the
site, known as "Upstream D," deep in a perpetually ice-covered
region known as West Antarctica. The plane was flying in support
of a science mission of the National Science Foundation's U.S.
Antarctic Program.

The 109th Airlift Wing provides logistical support to the U.S.
Antarctic Program and is one of only two military units in the
world to fly the ski-equipped LC-130.

For weeks, bad weather at the site and uncertainty about the
extent of additional crevasses in the area immediately
surrounding the plane had hampered efforts to repair and return
the airplane to McMurdo.

Prior to the recovery, engineers at the Cold Regions Research &
Engineering Laboratories (CRREL) in Hanover, N.H., using ground
penetrating radar, and field safety experts from Antarctic
Support Associates (ASA), of Denver, Colo., surveyed the site to
insure that the area was safe for technicians.

ASA heavy equipment operators then worked for days to fill a
broad section of the 140-foot-deep ice fissure. Once
accomplished, maintenance personnel from the 109th Airlift Wing,
the Combat Logistics Support Squadron from Robbins Air Force
Base, Ga. and Air New Zealand stabilized the area under the left
main ski using plywood, snow, and 12-by-12 foot air bags while
digging out the snow under the right main and nose skis to bring
the plane to a level position. Once level, the plane was
harnessed to a tractor and pulled to the area designated for
repair work.

The aircraft landed at McMurdo Station on Jan. 4 at 6:36 p.m.
local time and will be returned within the week to an Air New
Zealand maintenance facility for further repairs.

For more information, contact:
(NSF) Bill Noxon or Peter West (703) 306-1070,
(109th Airlift Wing) Maj. Bob Bullock (in New Zealand) 011-643-358-1407

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[John Szalay]

wrote in news:K5zwh.63745$uC6.4698@trnddc02:

>
> On 1-Feb-2007, John Szalay > wrote:
>
>> > Well there's an "ohnomoment" for you. Was the a/c rescued or just
>> > emptied out and abandoned?
>> >
>> > Bruce R
>> >
>> >
>>
>> IIRC:
>> this happened in Dec 1998, and the latest list of active
>> LC-130H shows that 92-1095 "City of Cohoes" is still
>> flying with the NYANG
>
> Boy does this one photo tell a heck of a story.
>

Heres the Whole story.. and I was wrong about the date.. sorry.
================================================== ======================
=============
MEDIA ADVISORY
January 4, 1999
PA/M 99-01

SKI-EQUIPPED CARGO AIRCRAFT, REPAIRED AT REMOTE ANTARCTIC SITE,
RETURNS SAFELY

A ski-equipped LC-130 cargo airplane, which had become lodged in
a snow-covered crevasse in mid-November during a flight to a
remote scientific camp in the Antarctic interior, has returned
safely to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Through the combined efforts of U.S. Air Force and American and
New Zealand civilian technicians, the repair of the aircraft -
operated by the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National
Guard -- included replacing an engine and two propellers. The
repairs were carried out in one of the world's harshest, most
unforgiving and most remote locations.

One of the aircraft's main skis lodged in a crevasse on Nov. 16
while it was taxiing for takeoff after delivering supplies to the
site, known as "Upstream D," deep in a perpetually ice-covered
region known as West Antarctica. The plane was flying in support
of a science mission of the National Science Foundation's U.S.
Antarctic Program.

The 109th Airlift Wing provides logistical support to the U.S.
Antarctic Program and is one of only two military units in the
world to fly the ski-equipped LC-130.

For weeks, bad weather at the site and uncertainty about the
extent of additional crevasses in the area immediately
surrounding the plane had hampered efforts to repair and return
the airplane to McMurdo.

Prior to the recovery, engineers at the Cold Regions Research &
Engineering Laboratories (CRREL) in Hanover, N.H., using ground
penetrating radar, and field safety experts from Antarctic
Support Associates (ASA), of Denver, Colo., surveyed the site to
insure that the area was safe for technicians.

ASA heavy equipment operators then worked for days to fill a
broad section of the 140-foot-deep ice fissure. Once
accomplished, maintenance personnel from the 109th Airlift Wing,
the Combat Logistics Support Squadron from Robbins Air Force
Base, Ga. and Air New Zealand stabilized the area under the left
main ski using plywood, snow, and 12-by-12 foot air bags while
digging out the snow under the right main and nose skis to bring
the plane to a level position. Once level, the plane was
harnessed to a tractor and pulled to the area designated for
repair work.

The aircraft landed at McMurdo Station on Jan. 4 at 6:36 p.m.
local time and will be returned within the week to an Air New
Zealand maintenance facility for further repairs.

For more information, contact:
(NSF) Bill Noxon or Peter West (703) 306-1070,
(109th Airlift Wing) Maj. Bob Bullock (in New Zealand) 011-643-358-1407

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