Buffalo Air DC-3 forced landing YZF
I haven't flown in that area since the middle fifties (yes, 1950's) when the DEW Line was under construction. Much farther north, yes, but we had no regulatory body governing our operations. The Ansons used a bladder brake system that reacted negatively to cold. When bladders ruptured we lost that brake. Landings were almost always crosswind and the winds were fierce. We chose the landing heading based on which brake would help us stay on the scraped permafrost as the old girls weather-vaned easily. Gyroscopic precession was about eight degrees in fifteen minute and magnetic compasses were of no use at all as we flew laterally along the coast. We had some ADFs and some MDFs (range frequencies of course). If they didn't function we used USAF radar to find us and steer us as required. Sometimes with wing ice we were too low for them to see us in the ground clutter.
Bottom line, I don't think Buffalo Air has any need for dramatics.
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Last edited by yoos2; 20th Aug 2013 at 23:15.
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