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Aviation History
1943
1943 - 1114.PDF
•45- FLIGHT APRIL 29TH, Winter Airfields in Canada Maintaining Runways in Deep Snow and Temperatures of 40° Below : Training Plan Never Weatherbound ,<*? L7A I. A caterpillar tractor scarifying and rolling an airfield surface. IT is an essential feature of the building up of our air power thatthe Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan should go on through-out the year without interruption. Not the least problem to be solved is the maintenance of usable airfields during the Canadianwinter. Deep snow and very low temperatures make this a difficult job, but it.has been overcome ljy the extensive use of mechanicalsnow-fighting equipment. Powerful snow-blowers clear the roads and runways of loose snow, and heavy rollers drawn by tractors consoli-date the surface. The modern retractable undercarriage has almost put a stop to the use of" skis for winter flying, which was oncequite common. 7. A snow-blower at work clearing the loose surface of a runway. 8. Filling lorries witn snow by the aid of a mechanical snow-loader. 9. Levelling deep snow-drifts by means of a bulldozer.
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