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vova_modelistВ процессе поисков информации по предыдущему посту увидел эту драматическую фотографию. На ней запечатлен момент аварии флотского R4D - при взлете с ледника Davis Glacier 24-го ноября 1962-го года запустились только три из четырех ракет JATO и из-за несимметричной тяги самолет приобрел крен на левое крыло он зацепился крылом за землю. Пилот с умел предотвратить кувырканье самолета вовремя выключив двигатели, но удар отломил шасси и самолет проехал на фюзеляже до конца взлетной полосы. Самолет загорелся, но пожар бысто потушили. Экипажу повезло и все выжили. Разгрузив груз, экипаж поставил палатки что бы ждать другой самолет.
Вообще полеты в Антарктике в те годы были очень опасными, в коллекции фото откуда я нашел это фото есть куча разбитых самолетов разных видов.
Из архива Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager.
Под катом описание аварии по английски.
A Close Call
By 24 November 1962 the survey collecting programme had been completed, and over several hours an improvised airstrip, 800m long and 36m wide, had been made at the head of the Davis Glacier. Sastrugi had been knocked down using ice axes and the strip was marked with flags and cairns. The next day two flights were necessary to take out the toboggan party whom after a near ‘perfect JATO‘ returned to Scott Base.
It seems all may have not been well with the aircraft when it left with Wise and Ottway. Recalling the day 40 years later Keith Wise said the ‘aircraft took off with a crewman who was standing, looking out each side of the aircraft at both engines. He told the crew that all was OK which I found a little surprising, and there was perhaps some hesitation.’ Four of five hours later the aircraft was back, this time with writer Graham Billing, photographer Guy Mannering, cartographer Denys Rainey, climber Ian Cave, and the resupply of Hewson’s party, which by now was at the campsite with their dog team.
Again using JATO, the plane took off but stalled about 9m above the ground. The port wing dropped and dug into the snow, and the aircraft slew in that direction. To prevent the plane form cartwheeling, power was shut off immediately and with a terrific bump and bang the plane bounced up then slammed down on its belly, eventually slewing left 15m, to stop at the end of the runway close to Hewson’s camp. With the undercarriage ripped off, the aircraft finaly settled at right angles to the flight line.
Billing said ‘There was a split second of silence after we hit the deck. The flight engineer rushed from the cockpit yelling “Fire, Fire!” down the length of the plane and opened the after hatch.’
A dramatic photograph of the incident was taken by John Ricker, who then dropped his camera and ran to assist.
An hour later when the immediate fire danger had passed, the cargo was removed from the plane and a survival camp set up.
Вообще полеты в Антарктике в те годы были очень опасными, в коллекции фото откуда я нашел это фото есть куча разбитых самолетов разных видов.
Из архива Antarctica NZ Digital Asset Manager.
Под катом описание аварии по английски.
A Close Call
By 24 November 1962 the survey collecting programme had been completed, and over several hours an improvised airstrip, 800m long and 36m wide, had been made at the head of the Davis Glacier. Sastrugi had been knocked down using ice axes and the strip was marked with flags and cairns. The next day two flights were necessary to take out the toboggan party whom after a near ‘perfect JATO‘ returned to Scott Base.
It seems all may have not been well with the aircraft when it left with Wise and Ottway. Recalling the day 40 years later Keith Wise said the ‘aircraft took off with a crewman who was standing, looking out each side of the aircraft at both engines. He told the crew that all was OK which I found a little surprising, and there was perhaps some hesitation.’ Four of five hours later the aircraft was back, this time with writer Graham Billing, photographer Guy Mannering, cartographer Denys Rainey, climber Ian Cave, and the resupply of Hewson’s party, which by now was at the campsite with their dog team.
Again using JATO, the plane took off but stalled about 9m above the ground. The port wing dropped and dug into the snow, and the aircraft slew in that direction. To prevent the plane form cartwheeling, power was shut off immediately and with a terrific bump and bang the plane bounced up then slammed down on its belly, eventually slewing left 15m, to stop at the end of the runway close to Hewson’s camp. With the undercarriage ripped off, the aircraft finaly settled at right angles to the flight line.
Billing said ‘There was a split second of silence after we hit the deck. The flight engineer rushed from the cockpit yelling “Fire, Fire!” down the length of the plane and opened the after hatch.’
A dramatic photograph of the incident was taken by John Ricker, who then dropped his camera and ran to assist.
An hour later when the immediate fire danger had passed, the cargo was removed from the plane and a survival camp set up.
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Date: 2016-11-05 12:17 pm (UTC)Вообще-то здесь речь идёт про Антарктику. Хотя, конечно, освоение Арктики ни сколько не легче и людей там погибло несравнимо больше.
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Date: 2016-11-07 02:22 pm (UTC)http://www.ferrymeadaero.org.nz/about-us/douglas-lc47h-17221
The LC-47H is a variant modified for cold-weather operations. Modifications included the attachment of skis to the undercarriage, provision for JATO (jet assisted take-off), and an extended nose cone to make room for a radar. 6 of these aircraft and 12 of the related C-117 aircraft were operated by US Navy Air Development Squadron VX-6 (nicknamed the 'puckered penguins') based at McMurdo Station in Antarctica between 1956 and 1969. One of them, 12418 'Que Sera Sera' made the first ever aircraft landing at the South Pole on 31 October 1956. This aircraft is preserved at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola Florida.
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Date: 2016-11-17 07:58 am (UTC)у него там было:
... "Обь" прибыла сюда из Новой Зеландии, из Веллингтона, где недавно встретились исследователи Антарктики: русские, американцы, англичане, французы и австралийцы. Похоже, что эта встреча не очень обогатила и удовлетворила наших ученых. И научные работники и печать Новой Зеландии дали высокую оценку докладам советских, а также французских и австралийских ученых, поскольку все они добавили к уже известному что-то новое. Но американцы, которые ведут систематическую работу по исследованию Антарктики еще с 1928 года и, стало быть, обладают большим опытом, а также англичане выступили с довольно-таки поверхностными докладами.
Но следует, разумеется, учесть, что это мнение не специалиста, а человека, который руководится внешними впечатлениями и который, кстати, относится с глубоким уважением к огромной работе, проделанной на шестом континенте английскими и в особенности американскими исследователями. Одно только создание на Южном полюсе исключительно с помощью авиации американской исследовательской станции Амундсен-Скотт является подлинным подвигом, рискованным и в тоже время тщательно продуманным. Научная и организационная деятельность адмирала Эвелина Бэрда, побывавшего вторым после Амундсена на обоих полюсах земного шара, дает право на то, чтобы имя его сохранилось в памяти истории и будущих поколений как имя одного из величайших исследователей Антарктики...
а это 1957 год, на минуточку!