"Dave Kearton"
wrote:


Thinking more about the 'career snow' that you would have encountered in the
Argus. Our Orion crews rarely see _very_ cold weather, except when
gong way down south along the Antarctic coast and on rotations to the
northern hemisphere.


Still, I suppose flying into a white out is similar to flying at night - if
you're prepared (and trained) for it.


Yes indeed...BTW, did you ever read "Impact Erebus"?...about the
Air New Zealand's DC-10 going into Mount Erebus in the antarctic
with 200 plus tourists. True story of Arctic 'whiteout'. One of
the most interesting aircraft disaster stories that I've ever
read. I have the New Zealand Gov't's Royal Commission of Inquiry
into that crash too. They weren't too kind to Air NZ's hierarchy
(whose fault it was of course) either.

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-Gord.