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Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Developed by: LimeSim Manual: Aerosoft, LimeSim Antarctica Vol. 1 British Rothera and Beyond Copyright: © 2021 / Aerosoft GmbH Airport Paderborn/Lippstadt D-33142 Büren, Germany Manual Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 7603-10 Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 7603-33 E-Mail: Internet: info@aerosoft.de www.aerosoft.com All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Contents History & Further Reading of Antarctic Aviation.34 Starting Off................................................................6 System Requirements............................................................. 6 Finding the Bases in Microsoft Flight Simulator....................... 6 Support.................................................................................. 7 Copyrights..................................................................
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Starting Off Support System Requirements Support for this product is offered by Aerosoft.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Rothera is without a doubt the station in Antarctica with the most picturesque location! Located on a rocky outcrop overlooked by a massive glacier dotted with mountains to the west - it is surrounded by sea to all other directions with a line of the truly majestic mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula visible to the east on clear days. The runway is squeezed between base and hangar buildings to the left and right and sea water at both ends.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond About Flying in Antarctica “Flying in Antarctica is probably one of the most exhilarating environments on our planet. It is unique in that it is remote and almost uninhabited, except for the few research stations manned by scientists from the countries of the world. The climate is harsh and there are no roads, no trees, and no buildings to get any sense of scale to the place.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond The flying season begins at the start of October, when the aircrafts are ferried south from Calgary and down through North and South America, where they are then configured onto skis. The final hop is made from Punta-Arenas over the Drake Passage and into Antarctica via Rothera Research Station-home to the British Antarctic Survey. The ferry trip takes about two weeks and is an adventure in itself.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Takeoff on the snow is easy, but again a couple of techniques are worthy of comment. The Twin-Otter is vulnerable in the nose-ski area due to the heavy nose ski structure and the small nose gear attachment point. To prevent damage over bumpy surfaces, the control wheel is held full back whilst take-off power is applied. This is to keep the weight off the nose gear and to ensure an earliest takeoff distance, as well as preventing damage to the nose structure.
Some Useful Weather Links Radio Reports – Flight Following http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/data/view-data.php?action=list&product=sa tellite/composite No formal air traffic control exists as such. The position and therefore potential search area of an aircraft is radioed into base every 30 minutes until touchdown, so that the flight-follower is aware of where an aircraft is. No ground radar exists, so positions are plotted on a large plotting chart at the home base.
Antarctic Communications radios are used, much the same as in any normal air traffic control situation at any airport in the world. …written by D. Hardie, mainly focusing on Communications around the Peninsula bases, which should be similar all over Antarctica.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Once an aircraft has landed, the pilot transmits this to home base along with a time of next communication so that the flight follower will know when to expect the next call and the aircraft may then be shut down. If the HF radios are not readable due to static, then the same reports can be made by satellite phone to the Rothera operations tower via the normal phone lines. Sledge parties rely for their very survival on HF radios.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond Typical Phrases stowed in the map pocket just inside the pilots cockpit door. …on a Twin Otter flight from Rothera to Fossil Bluff. Once the generators are brought online and the aircraft is self-powered, the signal is given for the ground crew to disconnect the ground powers supply and a radio check is made on the other radios.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond general area the pilot is operating in at any one time as there is no radar surveillance. Aircraft: „V-BB is airborne“. Rothera: „Roger V-BB, your airborne time is at 1108 zulu, next report passing waypoint bravo.“ Aircraft: „Roger next call bravo“. Note: there is no Alpha waypoint, but the first waypoint is bravo a point to the south of Rothera about 40 mins flying time by Twin Otter.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond The aircraft is then shutdown, and further communications can be carried out using the aircraft radio, using the aircraft batteries, but only for short periods of time to preserve the battery life in the ultra cold environment. Once the engines are started again and the generators connected, the onboard battery will recharge, as there is no ground power supply at remote field stations away from Rothera.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond The ferry tanks hold 1576 lb of fuel in each tank, which gives the aeroplanes an extra 6 hours of endurance. This is in addition to the standard tanks which are located in the lower fuselage under the cabin floor. The capacity of the two tanks are 1235 lbs in the forward tank and 1341 lbs in the rear tank. The wing tip tanks hold a further 300lbs in each side, which adds another hour onto the endurance.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond A rest day is usually taken in Cozumel before pressing on once again, crossing the sea, then the coast of Honduras and Nicaragua, before making the spectacular arrival into Panama City airport alongside the Panama Canal. Be careful here as there are several airfields within close proximity, including one on the downwind leg. The arched bridge over the canal is a prominent landmark here.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond The final ferry flight sector must be undertaken with special pre-flight care. The flight is a PNR or point-of-no-return flight, up to which point a turn-back may still be made. After the PNR, the flight must be continued come hell or high water. If the weather at destination were to deteriorate, a landing on a clear patch on the Antarctic continent may have to be considered until conditions improve.
Antarctica Vol. 1 - British Rothera and Beyond The early history of Antarctic Aviation has been covered thoroughly in Malcom Mellor’s Notes on Antarctic Aviation, which can be downloaded for free from the US Army Corps of Engineer’s website: https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/handle/11681/9167 Although quite outdated, this is probably the best lecture on Antarctic Aviation and also contains a lot of information on other areas of Antarctic Aviation than history.
F.A.Q. a bay to the east (see POIs on the map to find it). This one does have a landable helipad. Q: It‘s always pitch dark night – no matter which daytime I set! Q: The ground surface at Fossil Bluff and Sky Blu looks more like dirt terrain and not like snow from close-up! A: This usually happens in a period between May-August when there‘s the polar night.
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