Although Polar 5 had a longer way starting from Bremerhaven and giving Polar 6 (which started its ferry flight already in Canada) a big advance, Polar 5 won the race (mostly a battle with bad weather) and arrived yesterday around noon. A first welcome committee said 'Hello' to the pilots, inspected the aircraft and picked up some important boxes (probably including cheap food) which were traveling with Polar 5.
Polar 6 not struggling long with its defeat in this first race speed up a lot today and made it short after noon to Inuvik. More than half a day earlier than yesterdays estimate.
With both aircraft in Inuvik, we already wrote AWI-history as this is the first time both Polar aircraft met outside their home basis in Bremerhaven or Muskoka. Now work on the instruments and final installations can begin.
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