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Monday, December 8, 2008 · comments 2 comments


MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA– (By Mary Miller) In the 1970s, my father used to fly cargo flights from California to Antarctica for the US Air Force. Retracing his journey on my own flight to McMurdo, I wrote a note to the flight crew about my dad’s experiences and sweet talked my way into the cockpit to take this video.



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  1. Marianne on December 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm:

    Nice pictures, and a nice story, you sweet-talker you!

  2. Mary Miller on December 15th, 2008 at 1:30 pm:

    Thanks Marianne, you hardly ever get what you don’t ask for so I went for it! Turns out the air force crew were very nice about it and some other people got up into the cock pit.
    Mary

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