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Hi there,

The runways at McMurdo Station (Antarctica) seems to flow
over the ground. It

Huh - another nutcase (like me!

'Teniente Marsh' on the other side is a better bet, sam - 'genu-whine' gravel and some daylight if you time it right.  But make sure you land on the centreline, just plain water either side!  

I can't comment on the floating runways but we have done extensive flying in Antarctica. A most interesting part of our world.

Marambio FS2k2

Marambio on the opposite side of the continent from McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station Online

bill

p.s. we now use FS9 exclusively

Yeah its a side effect of the fact that the world in FS is a cylinder and not a sphere.

In truth, I never found out everything about McMurdo.  I went there as part of a 'foolish fancy' - flying round the world north-south instead of east-west.  On such ventures I make it a 'rule' that all landings have to be successful, otherwise I have to start the whole trip again.

I got there at 2.00 p.m. - the nearest thing it gets to daylight at that time of year - after a long flight from Dunedin, NZ.  The 'runway' ATC offered me looked to be just water, I thought it might be for seaplanes or amphibians.  So I ignored ATC and landed on the most promising runway I could see.....and 'survived'.....

It IS a fascinating part of the world, though.  I went on from there to 'Marsh' and got this screenshot of dawn pretty well over the South Pole - made it all worthwhile.

Hi there,

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