Giant RAAF Globemaster makes first cargo flight to Antarctica

By Andrew Darby, Wilkins Runway, Antarctica
Updated November 23 2015 - 3:18pm, first published November 22 2015 - 3:52pm
Globemaster on ice: An RAAF heavy-lift aircraft takes on a "patient" in a med-evac exercise. Photo: Andrew Darby
Globemaster on ice: An RAAF heavy-lift aircraft takes on a "patient" in a med-evac exercise. Photo: Andrew Darby
Polar milestone:  Air Commodore Richard Lennon (left) and Australian Antarctic Division director Nick Gales mark the arrival of the RAAF C-17 Globemaster in Antarctica. Photo: Andrew Darby
Polar milestone: Air Commodore Richard Lennon (left) and Australian Antarctic Division director Nick Gales mark the arrival of the RAAF C-17 Globemaster in Antarctica. Photo: Andrew Darby

RAAF loadmaster Greg Moore says he sometimes feels like an orchestra conductor when his crew wrangles complex loads onto heavy-lift aircraft.

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