..AND another thing about the Jungfraujoch…

Something I omitted from yesterday’s post , which was already far too long –

On a relatively flat area near the Monk’s Hut, we passed a cheerful yellow plane, empty, and at rest on the snow. I was intrigued to see it had little skis attached around all 3 wheels, so took a pic :

After lunch, we saw 2 chaps struggle into the tiny cockpit ( the passenger didn’t seem well designed for it ), and off they went.

I didn’t know planes could do this, so checked up with MyMateSteve, a Biggles-like character who has commented here under the nom de blog of airplaneblooze.  He sent me this surprising info and the following magazine cover from 17 years ago !

What a lovely aircraft! The Aviat Husky. Believe it or not many years ago when it first came out, I was tasked by Flyer Magazine to do an airtest and write up my thoughts on its capabilities! And so for a short instant in time I was a covergirl on the newsagents shelves! You can clearly see my shining head through the front window! Anyway, looks like that Husky is making the most of its super capability with its skis on.

I am indebted to Steve for permission to reproduce this here –

So there you go – if you want to fraternise with international cover models , this is the place !