THE NEWEST AND OLDEST
The newest and fastest, and the oldest and slowest, aircraft used for New Zealand to Antarctica transport photographed side by side at the Christchurch International Airport before the last Air Force Starlifter flight of the season to McMurdo Station. The Starlifters carried an average of 40,0001 b of cargo to McMurdo Station in five hours on the eight trips they have made this season. The Navy's LC47—“Gooney"
—carried 30001 b of cargo in 15 hours until last year. It was one of the first aircraft to fly to McMurdo in 1955. A similar plane, now in the St Louis Museum of Aviation History, was the first aircraft to land at the South Pole in 1956. Before the days of the LCI3O Hercules, the skiequipped LC47 was the principal aircraft used to land men and cargo at field sites and inland stations.
The last plane with Air Development Squadron Six has been used this year to take the commander of the Antarctic forces (Rear-Admiral J. L. Abbot) and his staff on New Zealand duties and has
also served for proficiency pilots of the Christchurch detachment of the squadron. The plane will leave the squadron in February after 13 years and a half service.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31835, 13 November 1968, Page 11
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