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EXAMPLE OF MISSION : PEAGASUS FIELD

Pegasus Field is out on the Ross Ice Shelf, about 15 miles from McMurdo. It sits directly between Ross Island and Antarctica Proper, about 1/4 of the way to the continent.This is where we land wheeled aircraft after the Sea Ice Runway gets closed down in mid-summer. Although it is on the ice shelf like Williams Field (which only supports ski-equipped aircraft), there is not nearly as much snow accumulation here. So, you don’t have to dig very far down to find solid ice capable of supporting the high pressures underneath wheeled aircraft.This is Black Island, as seen from Pegasus. To the right is the runway itself.
   I came out to Pegasus as a somewhat unauthorized visitor one day late in the summer season. Pegasus is not like Willy Field – it only grinds into action when a plane is coming. There are no shuttles running here, so unless you have a reason to be here (i.e. part of the flight ops crew, fire crew, or a passenger coming or going), you can’t really tag along. But I was able to snag a ride out for one of the last flights of the season anyway. I wanted to check out the field in operation, since it would not be functioning by the time I leave in October. On this day, a C-141 was landing. Three airporter buses and Ivan the Terrabus were used to bring the passengers out. I tagged along with one of the shuttle drivers in a van containing the flight lunches for the passengers. Here is a pic of the various shuttles parked outside the passenger terminal.
 

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