Airborne Ice Truckers: Royal NZ Air Force Crews Brave the Antarctic Skies
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Airborne Ice Truckers: Royal NZ Air Force Crews Brave the Antarctic Skies
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This unique interview features lively discussion with Royal New Zealand Air Force Squadron Leader Andy Scott, who is the Flight Commander of Hercules Operational Flight, 40 Squadron, based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is an experienced C-130 Hercules pilot and specialises in extreme weather airborne operations in theatres such as Antarctica and Afghanistan. In this conversation, he relates the inherent dangers in these operations, from 'wheels up' to 'touchdown'. He also touches on those eleme...
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
New Zealand Defence Force
C-130
Hercules
Antarctica
Timor-Leste
Afghanistan
disaster relief
humanitarian
medical evacuation
