Entries by Elf Meg Nogg

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One Final Test Flight Left

The last of the test flight pilot teams return to the North Pole today. As we announced yesterday, all of those pilots and reindeer have been recalled. The good news is that Santa’s sleigh is ready. It has been thoroughly tested since last June and engineers are confident it will serve Santa well this year. […]

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Test Pilots Recalled

The Sleigh Department has announced that regular test flights of Santa’s sleigh will soon end and that all test flight pilots are being recalled to the North Pole. It is not known when they are actually scheduled to return. That could be, in part, due to the weather and the current status of Operation Airlift. […]

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North Pole Weather Worsens

Emergency meetings as being held as quickly changing weather conditions are making things worse for Operation Airlift. Not only is snow piling up at a record rate but increasing winds have cut visibility to near zero. The sleighs of Operation Airlift, which are crucial to Santa’s delivery effort, can barely get off the ground in […]

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Operation Airlift Falls Behind

As reported earlier this week at SantaUpdate.com, the weather at the North Pole is having an impact on Operation Airlift. Operation Airlift is the effort to support Santa’s flight operations from the North Pole by sending thousands of sleighs powered by tens of thousands of reindeer as Christmas freight, flight support and elves move to […]