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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 1796.PDF
960 FLIGHT,21 December 1956 POLES APART Two hard-working helicopters follow anAntarctic tour by another in the Arctic "COLLOWING closely on the completion of a season's work in the-*- Antarctic, two Sikorsky S-51s operated by Autair, Ltd., were despatched in June-July to a new scene of operations, almost as farremoved from the Antarctic as possible: they were sent to East Greenland to assist in a geological survey for a Danish miningcompany. For three months they were based at King Oscar's Fjord, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In order to take advantage of the short polar summer, both G-AJORand G-AJHW, with spares and operating crew, were flown direct to Greenland from the United Kingdom by Bristol Freighters char-tered from Silver Gty Airways, Ltd., and Air Charter, Ltd. The Freighters landed on a specially prepared strip at Mestervig, on theshore of King Oscar's Fjord. With them travelled Autair pilots Capt. Lincoln Lord and Capt. Greville Jacques, and Mr. T. Howie,chief engineer. The helicopters' duties lay mainly in carrying parties of groundsurveyors and technicians to the more inaccessible sites, and when the field camps had been established they were kept busy transportingequipment and stores. In addition to the geological reconnaissance flights, ice-reconnaissance sorties were made. In September, oncompletion of the season's operations, both machines were dismantled, and were brought out through the ice by the well known polar vesselKista Dan. They are now back in this country.
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