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Old 12th Apr 2018, 11:14
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Originally Posted by WHBM
...where it lands on hard packed snow...
Wrong. All IL76 operating to Antarctica land on cleared blue ice runways (solid sea ice of several metres thickness). The runway at South Pole Station is indeed hard-packed snow, only ski-equipped aircraft can operate there (C-130/DC-3)

Apologies for being OT.
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