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Friend of mine sent me a photo of a De Haviland Twin Otter from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. That’s him, waving at the camera.
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The Twin Otter is a versatile Short Takeoff and Landing airplane powered by two Pratt & Whitney turbo prop engines. When the pilot hauls back on the stick for a maximum climb short roll out, it put you back in your seat!

This Twin Otter is on skis and is being kept warm by the ground unit and electric heating blankets.
 
GP NOIR said:
Friend of mine sent me a photo of a De Haviland Twin Otter from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. That’s him, waving at the camera.
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The Twin Otter is a versatile Short Takeoff and Landing airplane powered by two Pratt & Whitney turbo prop engines. When the pilot hauls back on the stick for a maximum climb short roll out, it put you back in your seat!

This Twin Otter is on skis and is being kept warm by the ground unit and electric heating blankets.
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Very cool. When I was in the Navy I was stationed at Pt Mugu which housed the VXE6 squadron. Was pretty cool seeing the KC 130s with skis on them. That was supposed to be a great duty to pull as they did six months in So Cal then six months in New Zealand when they did detachments to Mc Murdo to deliver supplies. That was considered sea duty so a lot of sailors would pull shore duty stationed at Pt Mugu then sea duty at VXE6 so they spent almost an entire career at Pt Mugu which is spectacularly beautiful about an hour up the coast from Malibu.
 
NPC 6060⁸42 said:
Very cool. When I was in the Navy I was stationed at Pt Mugu which housed the VXE6 squadron. Was pretty cool seeing the KC 130s with skis on them. That was supposed to be a great duty to pull as they did six months in So Cal then six months in New Zealand when they did detachments to Mc Murdo to deliver supplies. That was considered sea duty so a lot of sailors would pull shore duty stationed at Pt Mugu then sea duty at VXE6 so they spent almost an entire career at Pt Mugu which is spectacularly beautiful about an hour up the coast from Malibu.
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My family used to go to the Point Mugu every year for the airshow. Back then, the Blue Angels (and the Thunderbirds) were still flying F-4 Phantoms. I remember where we usually parked was in front of a hangar that had giant letters spelling out DANGER! PROPS KILL. It left a lasting impression on me
 
Bell P-63 King Cobra, big brother to the P-39 Aerocobra. Both aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union during WWII where they were put to use breaking tanks and shooting down German fighters. Like the P-39, the Allison V-12 in the P-63 is behind the cockpit to make room for a single 37mm cannon and two .50 caliber Browning machineguns to be mounted in the nose. The P-39 was naturally aspirated and the P-63 had a hydraulically driven supercharger to improve performance. The P-63 could fly well over 400mph

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