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  • StarLifter bids farewell before being put on ice

    02/06/2005 12:47:05 PM PST · by shaggy eel · 89 replies · 1,826+ views
    The Press [Christchurch, New Zealand] ^ | February 7 2005 | Kim Thomas
    The make of jet plane that for years linked Christchurch to Antarctica has taken its last Ice flight. C-141s were the first jets to land in Antarctica and have transported people and supplies to the United States' McMurdo Station in Antarctic for the past 40 years. Although destined to become scrap metal on its return to the States, the last great old grey StarLifter to make the Ice flight was farewelled with much sentiment by Antarctic personnel yesterday in Christchurch before it flew back to the United States. "It's like men and their cars – you get kind of attached...