Operation "Snow cap"

Mission 03 - Briefing

Here is a map of the AN-225 search area. Once we make our flights to
Locarno or Meiringen (see Mission 3 details at event schedule) I'll provide
more details:




This is the area that Iouri Ekimov specified as the search area. He did not
want to provide the exact location because the Swiss government had been
informed when the plane had gone down that it had been hijacked and
disappeared somewhere in this area during a snow storm. They had intended
on recovering the aircraft at some point so wanted to keep its location a
mystery so that no one would claim salvage rights to the plane. The Swiss
government did not make the details public due to the possibility of
hazardous cargo and or hijackers.

Our presense in Switzerland is sure to draw some interest so we have a cover
story: We have been contracted by the Swiss and Austrian ski teams to fly
athletes, supplies and equipment to various glaciers during the off-season.
We are in this part of the country to become familiar with some of the
glaciers and to learn glacier landing skills.

- Darkwing

From dESPair HQ:

Good day gentlemen.

Here are some background links for the ares/towns you will be
visiting during our mission:

Swiss weather
http://www.sfdrs.ch/sendungen/meteo/karten/radar_w.html
http://www.sfdrs.ch/sendungen/meteo/karten/bergtemperaturen_ch_heute_2.html
http://www.sfdrs.ch/sendungen/meteo/karten/wind_ch_heute_2.html


Meiringen:

http://www.alpenregion.ch/index_e.html
http://www.alpenregion.ch/frame_essen_e.html
http://www.alpenregion.ch/webcam_sommer_d.html
http://www.meiringenhasliberg.ch/frame_agenda_e.html
http://www.tophotels.ch/Ski/Meiringen/index.asp
http://www.restaurant-aareschlucht.ch/Aareschlucht.htm
http://www.reichenbachfall.ch/html/fotogalerie.html


Locarno:

http://www.campingdelta.com/eng/home/index.html
http://www.aerolocarno.ch/
http://www.locarnonline.ch/
http://www.katjaboat.ch/

Fondue:
http://www.gerbercheese.ch/e/portrait/products/fondue/
http://www.fondue-party.ch/products/fondue.asp

Have fun
Hak