INVESTIGATIONS OF ICE-FREE SITES FOR AIRCRAFT LANDINGS IN EAST GREENLAND, 1959

• Main Authors: Hartshorn, Joseph H, Stoertz, George E, Kover, Allan N, Davis, Stanley N
• Other Authors: AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS HANSCOM AFB MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; *LANDING FIELDS; AIRCRAFT LANDINGS; CLIMATE; PERMAFROST; PLANTS(BOTANY); SAND; SOILS; TERRAIN; WATER SUPPLIES; Greenland; Kap; Kap Tobin; Loch Fyne; Moskusoksefjord; Scoresby; Scoresby Sund; Storelv; Sund; East Greenland; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0271713; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0271713

Thirty-three specific landing sites were investigated in the ice-free land area of East Greenland between Scoresby Sund and Loch Fyne. Eight of these are considered suitable for emergency landings in summer by heavy cargo planes, and several more for light cargo planes. Several sites were investigat...