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- Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:22 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Lidia Recovery - Antarctica (ALCI DC-3T C-GEAI)
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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...
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:45 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: South Pole Medevac
- Replies: 17
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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...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:58 am
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: South Pole Medevac
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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...