Landing Big Globemaster' on
Tiny Alaska Field Looks Easy
By CHARLES R. MOORE
UPI Correspondent
Sparrevohn, Alaska -(UPD-Maj.
John S. Kupko, a husky
man with crew-cut black hair
and eyes that match the blue
of his Air Force uniform, is
one of a group of pilots whose
work takes them to the ends
of the earth.
But, he said, "there's no
place like this in the entire
world."
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The 38- year- old MATS
transport pilot didn't have
time to say much more.
He was wrestling his four
engine Globemaster, which
has the approximate dimen
sions of an Iowa hay barn,
onto a mountain-locked air
strip that didn't look as if it
should welcome anything big
ger than a Piper Cub.
Thirty two hundred feet
long, narrower than the 174
foot wing spread of the Globe
master, it was the airstrip at
Sparrevohn, site of two vital
ly important military and civ
ilian radar and communica
tions stations.
One of these not only could
locate enemy aircraft but
could direct United States
planes to the precise point to
intercept them. Another part
is a unique military and civ
ilian radio communications
system, White Alice, that links
the far-flung cities and towns
of the 49th state. They are a
story in themselves. The
Globemasters help supply
them.
The runway is eight degrees
uphill from the approach end.,
with the other end up against
a 3,000-foot mountain, the sta
tions are on its peak.
"Once you come through
the gap, and get your wheels
and flaps down about two
miles out, Kupko said earlier,
"you're committed. One way
or another, you're going to
land. There is no room to turn
around in the air."
For a few moments the
plane bounced, dropped and
shuddered as it hit the turbu
lent air close to the ground.
Then suddenly we were on,
and came quickly to a stop al
though the wind was behind
us. The hill usually makes
brakes or prop reversal un
necessary. "The landing is automatic,"
said Kupko. "There is much
more in taking off."
After unloading cargo and
turning around, he showed
what he meant while the pas
sengers sweated. Pieces of
wreckage from two that did
not make it are near the run
way. But without cargo and with
the wind in its nose, the
Globemaster surged smoothly
back Into the air. It was early
evening then, and the after
noon turbulence had subsided.
Looks So Easy
A non-pilot passenger told
Kupko:
"You make it look so easy
I think I could do it myself."
Kupko laughed, then turned
to technical discussion with a
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