Timeline for What kind of aircraft may land on iced areas, like Antarctica?
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| Jul 13, 2016 at 17:59 | comment | added | Simon | @NormLDude That's just the edge of an ice sheet somewhere and it's clear that it is nowhere near 2500 feet high. The coast of Antartica does not look like that. These images are more representative. | |
| Aug 4, 2015 at 1:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackAviation/status/628371439855476737 | ||
| Jul 16, 2015 at 3:02 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 12, 2015 at 9:40 | answer | added | Josef | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 18:43 | comment | added | NormLDude | i.imgur.com/P6Soh.jpg , I hope that pic works. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 18:19 | comment | added | mins | @FreeMan: Thanks. I misunderstood, I thought you were talking about landing capability itself, not flight range. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 18:16 | comment | added | CGCampbell | @NormLDude I now wonder if we've all mis-understood your use of the word 'rift'... can you give a coordinate location of this "250ft rift" you mention? | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 18:02 | comment | added | FreeMan |
@mins There are many references to the Point of Safe Return mentioned for both 757 and Hercules aircraft flying from Christchurch to Pegasus Field. My assumption is that a flight would be diverting to the Antarctic on its way to somewhere else. There may be Great Circle Routes that fly over the Antarctic which would leave some of the Antarctic airfields within reach as emergency landing points. The specific paragraph is probably somewhere in section 2.
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| Jul 10, 2015 at 17:00 | comment | added | FreeMan | While the general consensus is "Yes, any aircraft could use the Antarctic as an emergency airfield and land successfully", this report (mentioned by foobarbecue) indicates that it's highly unlikely that most aircraft would be able to make it there to land. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 16:50 | history | rollback | casey |
Rollback to Revision 3
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| Jul 10, 2015 at 16:49 | comment | added | casey | @NormLDude if you have a different question to ask, then ask it in a new question instead of changing this one, invalidating the answers. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 15:58 | comment | added | foobarbecue | "On the rifts?" What are you even talking about with this latest title change? Answering this question is like landing... on an aircraft carrier in high seas... except the aircraft carrier is sinking... | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 15:11 | comment | added | foobarbecue | Dude, stop totally changing the question!! | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 15:08 | history | edited | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Fix title grammar & spelling error
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| Jul 10, 2015 at 14:56 | history | edited | NormLDude | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified question
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| Jul 10, 2015 at 14:30 | comment | added | kevin | possible duplicate of How do aircraft land on snow? | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 11:14 | comment | added | NormLDude | It's ok, still an interesting question. From what I'm reading, it seems very simple to get to Antarctica and that a person should have no troubles with any kind of military if a person should have to land in case of emergency. The primary idea/question was about the 250ft rift that can be seen in Antarctica, and if an airplane (of any type) could land upon it. | |
| Jul 10, 2015 at 4:46 | comment | added | DJClayworth | @NormLDude Sesna -> Cessna? | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 21:49 | answer | added | Tyler Durden | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 21:31 | comment | added | Simon | @NormLDude You should read this | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 21:19 | comment | added | mins | NormLDude (and @FreeMan): I may have edited a bit further than I should have (now that I look at it again, this is my feeling). Feel free to edit or revert to your own version. That was with good intentions, please accept my apologies by advance if the result bothers you. | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 20:00 | answer | added | foobarbecue | timeline score: 25 | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 17:46 | comment | added | FreeMan | I'll leave it to the OP, as it's his question, just wanted to give my impression of it. Of course, there's already an accepted answer, and it seems to answer the original intent of the question, not the new one, so this may be a bit confusing now. | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 17:24 | comment | added | FreeMan | I get where you're headed with the edits, @mins, but I think you've totally changed the point of the question. It now reads (to me) to be "What aircraft operate in the Antarctic?", where the original was "In an emergency could any aircraft land in the Antarctic?" | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 17:12 | history | edited | mins | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Reworked the question so that it is answerable.
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| Jul 9, 2015 at 16:08 | vote | accept | NormLDude | ||
| Jul 9, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | NormLDude | I took out the military stuff, just stuck with Antarctica fields. | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 15:40 | history | edited | NormLDude | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
cleaned up assumptions, added pic
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| Jul 9, 2015 at 15:04 | comment | added | NormLDude | I just acknowledged a Naval presence of any sort, wether or not they would actually shoot a plane down or even be visible on a radar is not the question. It was about landing on the snow rift. | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 14:59 | comment | added | abelenky | @NormLDude: Can you cite any sources for that? The Antarctic Treaty of 1961 (and still in force today) specifically bans military activity on that continent. (P.S. I have multiple relatives who have been to the Antarctic, both by boat and plane, as tourists and bonafide scientists) | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 14:55 | comment | added | NormLDude | I've managed to find out two things about Antarctica: 1st "They don't want you there" , and 2nd:Around +30,000$ to visit. So yeah, someone might shoot a plane down if venturing on "government-property" like Antarctica.. Just like "Area 51", which is a no-fly zone last time I checked. | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 14:32 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 9, 2015 at 14:09 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 13:53 | comment | added | NormLDude | Gotta admit: pretty friggin' awesome! But I was reffering a normal plane/Jet Airliner/Sesna. Or anything that can fly +300mph | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 13:48 | comment | added | Federico | you mean this? | |
| Jul 9, 2015 at 13:45 | history | asked | NormLDude | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
