Kenn Borek Air’s South Pole Rescue Team - 2017 National Air and Space Museum Trophy Winner
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- The National Air and Space Museum's 2017 Trophy Award Winner for Current Achievement goes to Kenn Borek Air’s South Pole Rescue Team.
Kenn Borek Air’s South Pole Rescue Team successfully rescued two ill researchers from the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. In June 2016, chief pilot Wallace “Wally” Dobchuk, first officer Sebastian Trudel, aircraft maintenance engineer Michael McCrae, Capt. James Haffey, first officer Lindsay Owen, aircraft maintenance engineer Gerald Cirtwill and medics Thai Verzone and John Loomis made the rescue during the Antarctic winter, a flight only accomplished twice before, both by Kenn Borek Air. The mission presented numerous challenges such as the -75 degrees F temperature, complete darkness for 24 hours a day and equipping their Twin Otter aircraft for the 1,500-mile trip (its usual range is 800 miles). Through precise planning and execution, the rescue team overcame the many obstacles and successfully flew the ill researchers to a hospital in Chile where they received the treatment they desperately needed.
Such humble people and such a dangerous journey. Nice job, Canadians.
you guys will have my eternal respect!! impressive.
...congratulation and big compliment to all of crew and team !! great job !!! kinde regards from am former SAR-Helocpterpilot from Swirzerland !! God bless YOU ALL !!
Congratulations, a well deserved commendation for Kenn Borek Air intrepid workers.
Legendary
Cue flat earthers in 3...2...1...
Twin otter's are used to landing at South Pole,, trust me I know.
wow epic... if that was a british team member i think we all know they would be shown the door and some rousing cheerio's into the black of night captain oates style!
How could any of this story be true if the Earth is flat
Fantástico
seems like one of their Basler BT 67 would have been a better plane for the mission
Are they certified for the temperatures?
the BT 67 takes 760m for take off and the twin otter only takes about half that. The pilot said they didn't have much room for take off at the south pole.