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Old 12th Feb 2015, 18:53
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The Jan 1970 Air Clues has a 6 page article on the Apr-Sep 1969 Joint Services Expedition to North Peary Land on the tip of Greenland. The team left Lyneham in a Herc on 28 Apr and flew to Station Nord in NE Greenland via Thule AFB. It mentions that the Herc returned to Lyneham to load up with supplies which were dropped in two batches at Cape Morris Jessup and at the head of Frigs Fiord some 35 miles due south of the Cape. It states that the Herc for the supply drop was commanded by S/L Mike Nash and that the supplies landed well on target and almost completely undamaged. Another air drop was carried out later on at Cap Ole Chiewitz, the Herc made 6 dropping runs on Apollo Ice Field "throwing out harness packed supplies suspended from 33 colourful parachutes. The ever reliable and impressive low pass followed then the aircraft forged off to look for our surveying party". It mentions that this sortie was flown by Mike Nash who made a pass "so low as to almost jeopardise our radio aerial" The expedition members were picked up by Herc in early Sep from Bronlunds Fiord, where it says that "the sight of the big Hercules thundering down 5000 feet of hard packed mud will remain in the minds of all of us for a very long time."
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