22nd March 1966

LX-IAL Shannon started calling the flight for about two hours on 5641 with no response. Contact was later established via Ocean Station 'J' and the flight was asked if he was bound for Shannon. Advised, no, that his destination was London with an ETA of 1600. The flight was asked to call on 8913 or 5641

[Photo: © Paul Zogg]

Interocean Airways DC-4, LX-IAL

21st March 1966

Winter Express C687 53n 20w 1426 F180 52n 30w 1536 ETA Fredericton 2030 temp -22C wind at 54n 17w 260/30

RCAF C-130/Yukon (?) operating as part of NATO exercise 'Winter Express'.
This exercise ran during February/March 1966 in Northern Norway and involved 3,500 troops from Canada, UK and Italy. The RAF provided Hawker Hunter's (based in Andoya), the Royal Netherland Air Force provided F-84's and the USAF, F-100D's (both of these forces based in Bodo).
The Canadian troops were airlifted from Fredericton, New Brunswick by Yukon's and CC-130's, which flew non-stop to Sola, Norway.

20th March 1966

KS 303 46n 15w 1829 F180 45n 17w 1850

Saturn Airways DC-6/DC-7 ?

CL 5403V 50n 13w 1846 F100 between layers 49n 16w 1952

Capitol Airways L-1049H, N5403V

ZMZVD departed (?) 1103 53n 15w 1326 F269 ETA McGuire AFB 2241

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H, NZ-7003
This aircraft had the honour of making the first RNZAF landing in the Antarctic, on 27/10/1965

FloAir 1951 54.50n 20w 1755 F210 54n 15w 1820 ETA Shannon 1857 temp' -28C at 15w call Shannon on 131.15 VHF or 5641 HF

Delivery via Shannon, [type/registration anyone?]