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73-3300 — - Willy Field McMurdo Station: This is the aircraft that took myself and the Command Chief of the Air National Guard to the South Pole in December 2005. You can get a good look at nose gear ski and the nose wheel
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Willy Field McMurdo Station: This is the aircraft that took myself and the Command Chief of the Air National Guard to the South Pole in December 2005. You can get a good look at nose gear ski and the nose wheel

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S Schiele
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Taylor Jones
I'm guessing the skids were fitted prior to departure to Antarctica? Does that mean the plane flies that leg with the gear down?
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David Sims
The ski's on this aircraft are a permanent modification. The gear retract at least partially into the aircraft, with the skis acting as a gear door.
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