Dramatic Antarctic rocket assisted take off
Great picture!
The US Air Force has released a picture of one of their C130 Hercules aircraft using a dramatic rocket assisted take off in Antarctica last week.
The US Air Force Air National Guard plan flew in a science team to the Shackleton Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains, south of New Zealand's Scott Base.
The ski equipped Hercules landed on what the fliers called an "open field" – an unprepared snow plain in the mountains.
To take off again the plane used JATO or jet assisted take off bottles which blast the aircraft into the air.
http://stuff.co.nz/4318736a...
By netchicken:
posted on 10-12-2007
The US Air Force has released a picture of one of their C130 Hercules aircraft using a dramatic rocket assisted take off in Antarctica last week.
The US Air Force Air National Guard plan flew in a science team to the Shackleton Glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains, south of New Zealand's Scott Base.
The ski equipped Hercules landed on what the fliers called an "open field" – an unprepared snow plain in the mountains.
To take off again the plane used JATO or jet assisted take off bottles which blast the aircraft into the air.
http://stuff.co.nz/4318736a...