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by Voracity
Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:22 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: Lidia Recovery - Antarctica (ALCI DC-3T C-GEAI)
Replies: 5
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Lidia Recovery - Antarctica (ALCI DC-3T C-GEAI)

Amazing work by the salvage team in repairing "Lidia" in situ on the Holtanna Glacier, Antarctica to fly her back home to Calgary (Jan 2014). C-GEAI sustained substantial damage during takeoff on December 20, 2012 during a tour operation. A salvage team returned one year later and spent nearly two m...
by Voracity
Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:45 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: South Pole Medevac
Replies: 17
Views: 3719

Re: South Pole Medevac

More photos from a South Pole Winter Over blogger... (see link) ..."The Adventures of Marco Polie" http://marcopolie.blogspot.com/ ...Apart from the freshies, the real big event yesterday was the landing of the first planes of the season. Two of them arrived. Their primary reason for landing here wa...
by Voracity
Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:58 am
Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
Topic: South Pole Medevac
Replies: 17
Views: 3719

South Pole Medevac

Congrats to Kenn Borek Air for another successful medevac from the South Pole to McMurdo Station where the patient was transferred to USAF C-17 and flown to Christchurch NZ for further treatment. KBA Baslers C-GJKB and C-FMKB were used for the the flights to the pole on Oct 17. Raytheon's station ma...

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