| Re: Pilot makes first NVG Antarctic landing |
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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Spartan613Spartan613 Date: Sep 13, 2008 00:17
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> "Ned" aioe.org> wrote in message news:gadt3s$b8p$1@aioe.org...>> From CNN - A U.S. Air Force pilot has landed a plane in Antarctica in the
>> dark for the first time using night-vision goggles, a feat that could
>> lead to more supply flights to scientific bases in the frozen continent
>> during its dark winter months, officials said Friday.
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>> The C-17 Globemaster cargo airplane landed in a driving snowstorm on the
>> 10-kilometer (six mile) ice runway at the U.S. Antarctic research center
>> at McMurdo Station, after months of practice runs by pilots using the
>> goggles.
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> Can NVG's see through a driving snow storm?
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> Graham
Good question. And with the aircraft's landing lights on, the amount of
reflected light from the snow-flakes would normally overwhelm the goggles. I
know from personal experience that NVGs aren't that great when using them in
heavy rain and active illumination.
--
"Those who beat their swords into ploughshares will plough for those who
didn't".
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