PCDU Episode 30: Antarctica: The Last True Wilderness
Apr 20, 2010
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Episode description
The first aircraft to be used in Antarctica was Henry Mawson’s Vickers REP monoplane. Sadly, it had been damaged in Australia before arriving in Antarctica and was used as an “air tractor” to pull sleds. Even that didn’t work out and it was dumped, eventually being found again only recently. Given that inauspicious start, it’s […]
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