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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

An "Incident", I "Guess"........

We all read some "conflicting" stories just before Christmas regarding the Borek "Basler" DC-3 at Mount Patterson in the Antarctic, as she had some difficulty "attaining altitude" during takeoff. Well, here is a "first-hand" account of the "episode", along with some "fantastic" pics. Make sure you "click" them for "full-screen"!

HERE IS - An "Incident", I "Guess"........

"Thank you", Mitchell!

# posted by Steve @ 6:12 PM

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