Early timesharing (TYMSHARE)

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Thu Jul 22 19:02:42 2004

On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:45:21AM -0600, ben franchuk wrote:
> But the real question is * DO you do air drops? *

If you do, I'm easy to find... go South until it turns North... open the door
and chuck the stuff out. :-)

Seriously, though, until 1995, they used to have a mid-winter air-drop to
McMurdo and Pole. They stopped because it was getting too expensive. Since
then, there has been at least one mid-winter drop at Pole for medical
reasons. They launch from N.Z. in a C-141 with a mid-air refuel (approx
13 hour round-trip plus loitering time).

-ethan

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