Ice Runway

[av8rmsu]

I took this video today. 3000' ice strip about 100 miles west of deadhorse, Alaska.



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[wombat]

cool video! is there a town anywhere around?

 

[derg]

Holy freeking cow it looks a little chilly out there!

 

[av8rmsu]

cool video! is there a town anywhere around?

no town...just a work camp next to an exploratory oil drilling site. i'm guessing about 40-50 people are out there at a time. we did a crew change...7 in and 9 out.

and doug...the temp was about 0 F. the sun was shining and it felt pretty good out there.

this video was shot around 1 in the afternoon, notice how low the sun is on the horizon.

 

[amorris311]

when i was flying home from london about a month ago, we flew over the territories and at noon the sun was just a sliver on the horizon. that would mess with my head for sure.

 

[derg]

What type aircraft?

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Wow, I kept looking for Firefox and an American sub to be on the runway!

 

[av8rmsu]

What type aircraft?

DHC6-300

the mighty Twin Otter

 

[derg]

Excellent! How's that throttle feel being on the overhead? That always seemed weird to me.

 

[av8rmsu]

It takes a little getting used to at first, but its nice to not have a center console. the wierdest thing was getting used to rolling your hand forward to get into Beta.

its a great airplane.

 

[av8rmsu]

You wouldn't believe it...but we have glass cockpits also. its like putting a microwave in a cave.

Synthetice Vision and all!

 

[derg]

It takes a little getting used to at first, but its nice to not have a center console. the wierdest thing was getting used to rolling your hand forward to get into Beta.

Strange.

Is "increase power" forward or backwards?

 

[av8rmsu]

increase is forward

but after pulling it back to the stop/idle...you have to roll your hand forward and then pull back.

 

[derg]

Like reverse thrust in a jet then! We've got to reach forward, grab a second set of levers and pull back. Unless you're one of those CRJ weenies or something. I could never figure those things out.

 

[Toria]

I took this video today. 3000' ice strip about 100 miles west of deadhorse, Alaska.



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I've been to Dead Horse and a few other ice-filled/covered places up there. Maybe not that strip, but some like it. Like the video. Reminds me of my old mushing days!

 

[SteveC]

I've been to Dead Horse and a few other ice-filled/covered places up there. Maybe not that strip, but some like it. Like the video. Reminds me of my old mushing days!

Reference this new thread: Mushing!?!?

 

[JaceTheAce]

Excellent! How's that throttle feel being on the overhead? That always seemed weird to me.

That is wierd!