How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo Station works

Re:How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo... by dweekly on Sunday August 18, 2024 @04:44PM (#41285346)

The entire fleet qualified for McMurdo seems to be six planes and three helicopters, if I'm reading this right.

https://www.usap.gov/sciencesupport/scienceplanningsummaries...

I would guess it to be pretty rare that multiple aircraft would be on approach at once, and if so, I'd imagine one could hold at a distance to allow approaches to be serialized.

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Re:How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo... by cozzyd on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:49PM (#41285809)

I've flown to/from McMurdo on a total of 4 types of planes... C-17, C130 (kiwi AF), L-100 (Safari, contracted by Italian antarctic program) and LC-130 (to/from pole).

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Re:How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo... by enjaydee on Sunday August 18, 2024 @07:26PM (#41286397)

What an experience! Can I ask your role in visiting?

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Re:How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo... by cozzyd on Sunday August 18, 2024 @08:43PM (#41286812)

Basically I work on experiments (balloons and in-ice) that are attempting to detect ultra high energy neutrinos interacting in ice sheets via radio.

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Re:How the instrument landing system at Antarctica's McMurdo... by DiggyJohnson on Monday August 19, 2024 @02:51PM (#41293647)

This continues to be one of the cooler ongoing projects that produces significant, physical results. Good luck finding the special neutrinos!

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