Mc Murdo Station

[-sam-]

Hi there,

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

[Nav]

Huh - another nutcase (like me!

[Nav]

'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!  

[wji]

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

[Billerator]

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

[Nav]

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.

[-sam-]

Hi there,

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