June 12th. It snowed about half an inch this morning. Normal for 300 miles North of the Arctic Circle. Yesterday I saw a Tucker with RADAR! Not the kind police use to stop speeders, Navigational Radar like they use on Boats and Ships. It had the little rotating bar like Airport and Boat Radar. I'll definately get a picture next time I go that way.
This Machine also has a GPS and is set up to do rescue work in complete "White-Out", Zero Visability conditions. The radar is so that one can avoid the pipelines and not go off bridges. I have to question wether the operators have full Instrument Flight Ratings as mandated by the FAA for "Instruments" flying, or in this case, "Instruments" 'Snow-Cattin'.
I started work in Alaska Today, in 1994. It was my first day on the job and I was in Anchorage for 5 days of training then went to Fairbanks for another 5 days of training. It was very exciting, as I had never been to Alaska, and they were already into 24 hour days, where it stays light all the time. I think I only owned my one original Red Snow Trac back then. That was 17 years and 23 snow cats ago! Today is my birthday, just turned 58. Today is also Ann Frank's (Diary of Ann Frank) and one of our past presidents, George Bush's birthday.
I'd like to thank Don from Nome for all his input and expertise. Knowlege is accumulative, it actually satisfies a mathematical property, the law of addition. He is rapidly becoming the "Go To Guy" for ST4's. Of course it helps that he has an in depth knowlege of VW's. One cannot overlook that he probably runs his ST4 a longer part of the year than anyone else, or that he goes to more remote places than any of the rest of us have ever seen. Nice Pic's too! For me the best part is that I no longer have to answer dozens of ST4 Questions a week! Thanks, and hat's off to Don!
From "Beyond Oil" by Kenneth Deffeyes: The Petro-Chemical Engineers Fantasy Oil Drilling Rig would be controlled from Houston and have just 2 operators: A man and a dog. The man would be there to feed the dog, the dog would be there to Bite The Man if he messed with the equipment.
This Machine also has a GPS and is set up to do rescue work in complete "White-Out", Zero Visability conditions. The radar is so that one can avoid the pipelines and not go off bridges. I have to question wether the operators have full Instrument Flight Ratings as mandated by the FAA for "Instruments" flying, or in this case, "Instruments" 'Snow-Cattin'.
I started work in Alaska Today, in 1994. It was my first day on the job and I was in Anchorage for 5 days of training then went to Fairbanks for another 5 days of training. It was very exciting, as I had never been to Alaska, and they were already into 24 hour days, where it stays light all the time. I think I only owned my one original Red Snow Trac back then. That was 17 years and 23 snow cats ago! Today is my birthday, just turned 58. Today is also Ann Frank's (Diary of Ann Frank) and one of our past presidents, George Bush's birthday.
I'd like to thank Don from Nome for all his input and expertise. Knowlege is accumulative, it actually satisfies a mathematical property, the law of addition. He is rapidly becoming the "Go To Guy" for ST4's. Of course it helps that he has an in depth knowlege of VW's. One cannot overlook that he probably runs his ST4 a longer part of the year than anyone else, or that he goes to more remote places than any of the rest of us have ever seen. Nice Pic's too! For me the best part is that I no longer have to answer dozens of ST4 Questions a week! Thanks, and hat's off to Don!
From "Beyond Oil" by Kenneth Deffeyes: The Petro-Chemical Engineers Fantasy Oil Drilling Rig would be controlled from Houston and have just 2 operators: A man and a dog. The man would be there to feed the dog, the dog would be there to Bite The Man if he messed with the equipment.
