Operational Problems of Antarctic Aviation
Polar aviation is a branch of flying to which the domestic British (that is excluding the Canadians) have contributed modestly. Indeed, we do not have the Arctic on our doorstep like the Americans, Canadians, Russians, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians but, in exploration, we have a tradition second to n...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s000192400005435x 2024-03-03T08:38:03+00:00 Operational Problems of Antarctic Aviation Grierson, John 1967 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000192400005435x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S000192400005435X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society volume 71, issue 682, page 701-711 ISSN 0368-3931 2398-4600 journal-article 1967 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s000192400005435x 2024-02-08T08:38:56Z Polar aviation is a branch of flying to which the domestic British (that is excluding the Canadians) have contributed modestly. Indeed, we do not have the Arctic on our doorstep like the Americans, Canadians, Russians, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians but, in exploration, we have a tradition second to none in Antarctica, a tradition fostered and developed in bygone years so dauntlessly by men of the Royal Navy. In fact it was Captain Robert Falcon Scott who was the first man ever to become airborne in Antarctica, early in January 1902, when he went aloft near Cape Adare in an observation balloon. Admittedly he let go all the ballast at once and shot up to 800 feet so rapidly that only the mooring rope prevented him from making a free-balloon voyage over the ice-bound wastes, and he did not enjoy the experience very much. But it was a pioneering flight. A few months later, the German Drygalski made a similar flight for the purpose of ice observation; but balloons never caught on in the Antarctic and there was no more flying there until Sir Hubert Wilkins’ expedition made the first aeroplane flight, from Deception Island, off Graham Land, with a Lockheed Vega wheeled aeroplane on 16th November 1928. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Deception Island Graham Land Cambridge University Press Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) Wilkins ENVELOPE(59.326,59.326,-67.248,-67.248) Graham Land ENVELOPE(-63.500,-63.500,-66.000,-66.000) Drygalski ENVELOPE(-61.000,-61.000,-64.717,-64.717) Adare ENVELOPE(170.233,170.233,-71.283,-71.283) Cape Adare ENVELOPE(175.000,175.000,-71.000,-71.000) The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 71 682 701 711 |
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Polar aviation is a branch of flying to which the domestic British (that is excluding the Canadians) have contributed modestly. Indeed, we do not have the Arctic on our doorstep like the Americans, Canadians, Russians, Finns, Swedes and Norwegians but, in exploration, we have a tradition second to none in Antarctica, a tradition fostered and developed in bygone years so dauntlessly by men of the Royal Navy. In fact it was Captain Robert Falcon Scott who was the first man ever to become airborne in Antarctica, early in January 1902, when he went aloft near Cape Adare in an observation balloon. Admittedly he let go all the ballast at once and shot up to 800 feet so rapidly that only the mooring rope prevented him from making a free-balloon voyage over the ice-bound wastes, and he did not enjoy the experience very much. But it was a pioneering flight. A few months later, the German Drygalski made a similar flight for the purpose of ice observation; but balloons never caught on in the Antarctic and there was no more flying there until Sir Hubert Wilkins’ expedition made the first aeroplane flight, from Deception Island, off Graham Land, with a Lockheed Vega wheeled aeroplane on 16th November 1928. |
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Operational Problems of Antarctic Aviation |
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