Last Flight from the South Pole

[XxDeathArcherX]

i want go to antarctica .. :/

[68buickwildcat]

Brrrr it looks really cold! I had to put a sweater on, sitting here in my cozy house, because I got chilly looking at this vid. You folks are tough stock to live and work up/down there!

[25IanYCar25]

What is united states doing there?

[blanchelincoln]

@25IanYCar25 Running a CIA black site. And fucking. Not necessarily in that order.

[pudding247]

how'd the camera man get out??



[Oleksiislk]

Very beautiful!

[noformstyle]

,,,,So Amundsen and Scott are idiots, should have waited few more years and have a party at south pole with all modern amenities,,,you guys are weaklins,,,

[BigBeakedCrow]

Are the Hercs being replaced? Why not with Super Hercs? They are modern, aren't they?

[5furio7]

have a lovely winter guys!

[salliebryan61]

That's just very dry ice. It's so dry there that the "ground" is sort of powdery.

[hlub82]

good video and sad at the same time.

[MrRubendeRuiter]

How old is Hercules now? And what in the world can replace such an awesome plane?

[PcGamerPaul]

@MrRubendeRuiter Probably the A400M! Look it up, it's actually pretty cool man. A little ugly though. :P

[MrRubendeRuiter]

@PcGamerPaul I doubt though, if the US government will buy a French plain..

[PcGamerPaul]

@MrRubendeRuiter Oh, Didn't know you were talking about the United States Air Force. But who knows the Americans will probably come out will a really good cargo plane too replace the C-130

[MrRubendeRuiter]

@PcGamerPaul sorry about that, and yes lets hope they will develop a great good looking airplane to replace the C-130!

[nikthepilot]

i reckon that most of theses guys must be thinking, "Finally we get out of this Dump-hole" xD.. I wanna go to antarctica and sail with Sea-Shephers when i tunr 18

[artofnick]

@nikthepilot engineer says nope.

[nikthepilot]

@artofnick wtf u talking bout?

[RK831]

How long is the flight from McMurdo to the South Pole?

[Hunnenhorst]

@RK831

The flight is about 4 hours in the LC-130, I do not know about a Basler or Twinotter.

[mikebell192]

109 TH with john p

[guicapone2]

hell yea..burn out!

[528jkl]

i see that the plane has ski shoe-is that real?

[vroomba03]

if it has sleds on, where is it gonna land back at base on another continent?

[Hunnenhorst]

@vroomba03 The plane is going to McMurdo Station at the Ross-Shelf at the coast of antarctica

[jebijash]

why is everyone hugging each other? wt is so special here?

[Hunnenhorst]

@jebijash

Because there will no plane arrive there for about half a year and the guys left at the pole are on thier own.

[jebijash]

@Hunnenhorst thx for replying....

[Hunnenhorst]

@jebijash you're welcome :-) I will be there the upcoming winter

[jebijash]

@Hunnenhorst thx...pls do upload more videos with flights...i luv to watch those machine birds

[Hunnenhorst]

@jebijash Well, I plan to take my DSLR with me, however, this cam can only do still pictures.

[jebijash]

@Hunnenhorst have a safe journey mate....

[Hunnenhorst]

@jebijash Thanks! Still some time to pass, I need to work through medical tests and some paperwork

[jebijash]

@Hunnenhorst good luck...pls post a photo slides on you tube 

[efast00]

great takeoff

[heyawhaw]

I saw a Hercules in real life taking off into the sunset one summer evening in 1982 Östersund, Sweden and all i was thinking was "that thing can never take off before the end of the field?!!?" but eventually it did. Looked like a roaring giant bumblebee haha. A mighty sight in real life!

[Theitisme400]

this proves nothing.

[Studas2006]

is it a fact that the human chemistry must be chemically altered to survive here or is it just really bloody cold? I.E. 4 layers of clothing and will?

[xxxPLAYGIRL4lifexxx]

err isn't it always winter there?

[luckyowl249]

Very impressing video. Many thanks!

[moncorpuz1]

The US Navy stopped using JATO after the 1975 crash of a C-130 Hercules. I was a Jet Mech in the Navy (Deep Freeze 77 and 78) and none of our Hercs were equipped with them.

I was a "paid" visitor on the continent... via USN, that is!

[DennisStartrek]

Thanks for sharing.

Have seen a documentary when this new outpost was builded. Hopefully some time in the future we, the mankind, should also have outposts and make visits on the final frontiers, Moon, Mars ant other planetoids/planets..

regards from Stockholm, Sweden

[camilamog]

The landing strip in McMurdo Station is called Williams Field. It is named after a Navy Seabee whose tractor disappeared in the 60s (?) as he leveled the build up of snow on the runway. You might want to "google" that.

[camilamog]

I deployed to the Antarctic continent twice while I was with the U.S. Navy's Antarctic Development Squadron Six (VXE-6) with Operation Deep Freeze '77 and '78. We supplied logistics support for both military and civilian personnel (the "red" coats are with NSF (National Science Foundation) and they're from different research companies and universities of the U.S.

[sssoaring2]

Anyone konw the callsign??

[rangelso]

Ice desert is probably, the safest place to takeoff or land the aircraft. Not enough runway ? Give it another mile. Engine failure ? Land anywhere you like. The only problem is increased friction from using skis instead of wheels, resulting in longer takeoff roll.

[slappedcheek]

:@)

[DogmeatFilms]

how does the plane land on normal airstrips if it only has giant ice skates?

[hovertrain7]

I believe that the skis are jettisoned prior to landing, then recovered.

[camilamog]

The skis of the U.S. Navy's LC-130s never come off the plane. When landing on ice, the wheels are even with the skis and when landing on concrete the skis are midway up the diameter of the tires!

[hovertrain7]

Oh I see. Thank you!

[Gwygon]

maybe changed mid-air

[henryandwater]

They are retractable skis, which when retracted show the tyres.

[blinkybatty]

According to wiki, the LC-130 has fully retractable skis, for landings on both snow/ice, and normal runways.

[frightenedcow]

wow. i would love to go. i spent 2 nights of the winter sleeping in an igloo on a frozen lake in norther Minnesota. i know alot about how to dress for the extreme cold. it got down to -40 one night and in the morning we threw boiling water into the air and watched it turn to snow.

[rednoseroxy]

Whats with the red coats, who are you guys with, what is the organization here?...

Please reply...

Thanks in advance

[nesokretep]

The red coats are for safety. So you can be SEEN by people around you.

The snow is glaring white and if there's any weather at all the visibility can go down to almost zero. And it can happen in a matter of minutes.

[rednoseroxy]

"Roger that " Captain Obvious... But who are they with, what type of organization is this?... What are they doing here and so forth....

[camilamog]

The RED jackets are supplied by the National Science Foundation in connection with USARP (United States Antarctic Research Program) which heads research down the frozen continent. They're composed of scientists and university students from all over the U.S.

[york2600]

camilamog: The USARP name is no longer used. Now the program is USAP and most of the people on this flight were contractors working for Raytheon Polar Services Company. The video was taken when the new station was being built so there's a lot of construction workers leaving here.

[ElevatorLowJJ]

Do we need to bring out passport along if we go there? Which country does the South Pole belongs to by the way?

[iFoamy]

it is divided between several world powers in equal portions for all (for the most part). As for passports, I am not sure if you need one.

[porterwake]

You won't be going there unless you work there or are a post-grad scientist.

[yannayl]

very nice ! 5 stars!

[goneoutfishing]

I looked up the following from yahoo answers:

"kerosene is a mixture of hydrocarbons of 12 to 15 or more carbons. You can't write a chemical equation for the combustion of a mixture.

Assume kerosene is all C15H32

C15H32 + 23O2 --> 15CO2 + 16H2O"

A lot of water (gas) is left after burning kerosine. In these cold conditions the water quickly cools down and what you see is condensation. So, that makes them contrails.

Chemtrail believers.. You suck at chemistry, and you should think realistic.

[cmc10101]

During the coming depression, conspiracy nuts will have to keep busy keeping themselves alive, and will have little time to spread bunk like "chemtrails".

[Feedmadcat]

I want a hug too. :(

[nil1230]

How do they grow food over there? seal diet? Polar bear diet? fish diet?

[tartumees412]

didnt you think that the same plane brought food???

[iFoamy]

polar bears live in the arctic :P

[Grommo]

This is a good vid to show to "Chemtrail" believers to prove that cold conditions and water vapour in exhaust are all that is needed to produce long lasting dense white contrails behind aircraft.

[umahuma4]

Chemtrails debunked

[CRX35E]

bs, chemtrails are real, its the other way around, only idiots think is water vapor

[Grommo]

LOL !! yeah, sure.

And this Hercules is deliberately spraying the Research base crew and hoping they won't notice the huge white cloud forming, and the Guys in Parkas are in on it and are breathing out white Chemspray from special Chem tanks surgically implanted in their lungs. It's the only logical conclusion.

[CRX35E]

you aren't very smart, are you?

[rednoseroxy]

Smarter than you obviously... you're an asshole.

I know the government is up to shadey shit like deep underground military bases and other conspiracy type subjects, but the chem trail bullshit is just that, bull shit. I was a jet engine mechanic for 6 years in the USAF... i sat in the ARO of a KC-10 Extender and saw the separation of air and water molecules from the fan blades... its the same when a fighter jet does a high "G" maneuver and the water separates from the air, or crack a bull whip.

[CRX35E]

barium salts, dessicated blood cells, germs, biological agents and more, thats the stuff they are puttin in those chemtrails, but as i said, only idiots think the gov is their friend

[jesuslives57]

Leave your hatred of the government aside and show the evidence that any of the above are in "chemtrails".

[badboyjuju]

I agree with you good deduction !!!

[Rahavin1]

@Grommo are there really people who do not believe in chemtrails? that seems like it would be like not believing in sawdust.

[GregOrca]

@Rahavin1

Stupid ignorant and gullible people believe in "Chemtrails".

People with an understanding of aviation and atmospheric science realise that there is no such thing and that such people have fallen for a HOAX due to their inability to understand basic atmospheric physics.

Chemtrail believers do not understand SI units, nor basic aircraft navigation.

They misunderstand patents and demonstrate inability to understand scientific terms used in reports of aerosol study programs etc.

[Rahavin1]

@GregOrca lol. thanks for calling me stupid and ignorant. you just proved you're an asshole. As a result, you should go fuck yourself. Im talking about the trails of exhaust that jets and planes leave behind. "contrails," which are a result of the chemicals composing the exhaust freezing in temperatures. sorry for the misunderstanding. Not talking about conspiracies.

Seriously, stop being an ass and grow up. Youre not a genius, you're just a dick. Try and have some decency even if you disagree.

[GregOrca]

@Rahavin1

I didn't call you ignorant and stupid. I called people who believe in "chemtrails" those things. There is no such thing as a "chemtrail" as defined by conspiracy nuts.

There are normal contrails made of ice which deluded people "believe" are there as part of an evil conspiracy.

Invisible water vapour which is a byproduct of hydrocarbon combustion freezes to form ice crystals.

Contrails are composed of ice crystals.

I'm not sure why you are over-reacting.

[Rahavin1]

@GregOrca well, okay. Just reading my first comment, and then yours that followed it, it would seem to imply as much.

I dont really believe in chemtrails, but at the same time, I wouldnt be surprised. Evil bastards, they are, with a history of similar things which arnt even classified.

China put up chemicals in the air to precipitate moisture prior to the Olympics so as to have nice weather, but thats different i suppose.

[kushybud420]

@Grommo ROFL do you know what snow is?

[Legionoftruthers]

@kushybud420

Look carefully at the engines and you will see the contrail is originating from the engine exhausts, NOT snow blown up from the run-way. That is why the plane continues to produce a substantial contrail once airborne. It is not coming from the skids but the engines which are generating more than a gallon of water out the exhaust for each gallon of fuel burnt.

[Iker666beast]

@kushybud420 do you know what is the inverse sublimation?

[zandero1965]

GregOrca lol. thanks for calling me stupid and ignorant. you just proved you're an asshole. As a result, you should go fuck yourself. Im talking about the trails of exhaust that jets and planes leave behind. "contrails," which are a result of the chemicals composing the exhaust freezing in temperatures. sorry for the misunderstanding. Not talking about conspiracies.

[GregOrca]

@zandero1965

I didn't call you anything dude. You haven't even made a comment here unless you are using multiple names.

The only people I called ignorant were the ones who believe in "chemtrails".

It has a specific meaning used by conspiracy nuts, who believe that perfectly normal aircraft water ice crystal contrails are a deadly poison deliberately designed to kill everyone by a secret evil govt

youtube.com/watch?v=Psdg3OAw_a­8

[groundsman]

@Grommo No, NOTHING will convince those people. They are stubbornly stupid

[andrebrannan1953]

Why are they no longer using JATO?

[SpartanW98]

JATO is for entertainment purposes only like Blue Angels.

[Tphai]

actually they use ATO at the 109th, assisted take off, basically JATO.. they still use it.

[navyboydjray]

JATO is really used for heavy life off or for short runways.

[skiertravel]

ATO is still used by the 109th like Tphai said below. They use ATO for remote camps in Greenland and Antarctica, normally deep snow operations. Not sure the Blue Angels are using them anymore due to the short supply and the cost of Newer ones, makes entertainment a bit expensive.

[andrebrannan1953]

Thank you

[damnpoor]

Gotta give it to the 109th. They sure know how to fly.

[battechno]

I want to spend atleast a week at the south pole. i want to go there so bad! being waaaay at the BOTTOM of the earth.

[workfornuts]

oh man! I know what you're talking about! It calls back to me the flights to Greenland, but it's another story. ;)

[damnpoor]

On skis the only brakes are the engines and reverse thrust. The wheels are not extended during ski landings and serve no purpose on the snow. The skis and wheels have separate extension controls so the plane can extend either wheels or skis depending on which surface they'll be landing on.

[gadioux]

Brilliant, it calls back to me the flights with the Strategic Air Command in Greenland and with the VXE 6 in Antarctic. 1967/1968 French Polar Expéditions

[gadioux]

Brilliant, it calls back to me the flights with the Strategic Air Command in Greenland and with the VXE 6 in Antarctic. 1967/1968 French Polar Expéditions

[wifiman1]

THIS IS USED FOR 2012 END OF THE WORLD

[horsefly4]

and how the hell is that plain supose to land on cement with those skys

[lgday]

the wheels actually protrude a bit beneath the skis allowing it to use conventional runways.

[horsefly4]

i bet they'r all doing each other lol

[khalid6591]

no woman no cry

[Railer505]

Yeah February is pretty much the end of the season for life at the South Pole... by this point in the year the sun is only about 5-10 degrees above the horizon and temperatures are down to about -38C or so (in December they average about -26C)

[survival12345]

Whats the worst job i can get there and how do i sign up.. Im a courier(driver) in the states(over10,000mi a month in personal vechicle)and i have certifications in minor auto-mechanics and am willing to mop floors and help out where-ever for the least amount of pay. Im a 28 year old single white American male w/no obligations or expences and i am 'more than able' to do grunt work.. Are there any jobs for me? Remember i'll even work for nothing more than food and lodging. If so reply or contact

[ToxeCryz]

You can get a slave job from me =D

[grooveclubhouse]

you probably need a masters in custodial enginering just to clean crappers there. but if you do get an offer LET ME KNOW!

[asdrius]

Wow, contrails coming from engines just idling on the ground. Never seen that before, amazing sight. But I guess it shows that it's really COLD out there.

[MrSkyGuy]

Watching that made me feel a little lonely inside.. I can't imagine what it felt like for the winter-over's left on the shady-side.

[meigsguy]

seen alot of good friends there sending off the last flight are ya glad to be off the ice?