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Ski Landings and Stratugi |
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Photo by Jack Cayton, Firebird Pilot |
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Ski
Touchdown. Depending upon snow conditions, the ski
touchdowns could be rough. Note the
wind shaped “snow dunes” in foreground which are called stratugi. Stratugi could be quite dangerous to ski equipped C-130’s if
they became frozen and hardened.
Before a semi-prepared skyway was used, the nose gear of several ski
birds collapsed after striking these ridges of ice. |
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