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Planes over Bristol spotlight VX-6 to Antarctic duties
Bristolians have spotted various aircraft overhead and learned VX-6 Air Development Squadron No. 6 under Lt Cmdr James S Hahn trains at Quonset Point for Antarctic missions. The unit, part of Force 43, flies personnel and cargo to McMurdo and four South Pole stations, using ski planes and parachute drops, with a 108 passenger Super Constellation as non ski equipped. Surviving in whiteouts and storms, crews carry survival kits and have the Navy’s only parachute jump team, often awaiting rescue. Working conditions include continuous daylight in summer and frigid, dark winters.
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Emdr
Jerry M Barlow
Jair
Antarctic
Ask Force 43
Antarctica
Brestht
McMurdo Airfield
South Pole
McMurdo
VX 6
DeHaviland Aircraft Company
Canada
Squndros
Cmdr
James S Hahn
Antarctia
Hahn