Arctic airfields: a summary of the problems involved in providing airfields in arctic areas.

This document focuses on water airdromes or landing areas (types of sites, availability, planes suitable for use), ice airdromes (types of ice, how near the shore, pack ice, ice fields, ice caps), and conventional airdromes (arctic problems and snow compaction).

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Robert W.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Maxwell Air Force Base, AL : The Air University Libraries 1949
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Online Access:http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll11/id/1148
Description
Summary:This document focuses on water airdromes or landing areas (types of sites, availability, planes suitable for use), ice airdromes (types of ice, how near the shore, pack ice, ice fields, ice caps), and conventional airdromes (arctic problems and snow compaction).