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Dave Taylor
Greenland
40’s? 60’s?
Civilian airplane ‘lands’ smoothly during cruise (cfit) atop flat, snow covered mountain during whiteout conditions wrecking plane but occupants fine.
Maybe husband & wife?
 
"Island in the Sky" by Earnest Gann is somewhat of a match, other than it's an all-male civilian crew in a C-47. Good movie with John Wayne, too....

Ron Wanttaja
 
There is a safety film shown in Alaska where a guy is flying a C-310. He can't see anything due to white out conditions, but mentions how rough the ride is, when it becomes a silky smooth ride. He is talking about not being able to see anything, when a guy walks up and knocks on the window yelling...''Hey buddy, you ok.??'' Then walks off muttering something about pilots....
 
wanttaja said:
"Island in the Sky" by Earnest Gann is somewhat of a match, other than it's an all-male civilian crew in a C-47. Good movie with John Wayne, too....
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Island in The Sky was loosely based on an actual event chronicled in Gann’s nonfiction Fate Is The Hunter (in the real event it was a Convair C-87, and all aboard were rescued - no fatalities).

Also in Fate Is The Hunter, Gann mentions a PBY Catalina flying softly and safely - almost unnoticed by the crew - into the Greenland icecap.
 
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