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Old 18th Feb 2017, 17:13
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Hello VF
Great job as usual, always wanted to ask you:
Are you 100% of the quality of fuel from these plastic cans?
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Old 19th Feb 2017, 02:10
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VNLK...........WoW

G'day Carbon Uggbootprint (softer & warmer)..............Yes Mate, I've witnessed 2 People walking into the Tail Rotor (engine running, not my machine) & know of 6 others All killed & all in the Himalayas totally hideous, especially when 7 of those killed; the Pilot could have saved the day by protecting the Tail-Rotor by hanging over a ledge..................So Do the Right Thing, consider very much what You do with Your TR when landing Yes You say shut down - but someone can walk through the TR during shut-down/start-up, protect it whenever the opportunity is there to guard it!!!
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Oye Odlanir......................Bingo, You got it
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Namaste alj87................good question..............................next question
Yar I was suspect at first for a while too, but; A the donk has a damn good fuel filters & B we use a special funnel which has a water & particle separator built into the body of the stainless funnel so the crap is filtered out...never been a problem thus far, so must work

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Old 19th Feb 2017, 02:13
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Land where???........................................THERE


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Old 19th Feb 2017, 02:18
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Yip, You guessed it........Tail-Rotor parked safely clear of Human intervention

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Old 20th Feb 2017, 13:56
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Old 20th Feb 2017, 13:58
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WoaH....Helicopter!


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VF, what is the "spiders web" in the right background? Prayer flags or camo netting?
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Old 20th Feb 2017, 20:23
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Pay attention Fred....you are supposed to note the t/r is clear,,the helo has high skids,,the charming lady has a wedding ring ,a melting smile,and high skid red shoes...! Focus lad,focus....
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Old 21st Feb 2017, 02:05
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Ho Ho Ho it's damn cold in Namche Bazaar

Hey SRFred...that's a spaghetti factory of wires & prayer flags over there the prayer flags are easy to see, but the wires - not
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G'day Sycamore.....Korrekt on the TR Mate has it got high skids? has She got a wedding ring? me eyes must be failing me

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Yikes.....that's High, free faaaaaaaaaaall


on descent to VNLK after a film shoot from 23,000'

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Old 22nd Feb 2017, 04:03
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Re entry.............going down

Langtang village below...............on descent from filming at 20,000' for TPP - Tea, Pee & Petrol

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Safe Parking

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You'd need a long ladder to service the tail rotor!
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Old 23rd Feb 2017, 04:17
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Yippety YaY

Haaaar SRFred that's why I don't do any maintenance, different department besides I'd rather have my tail out there than a minced up Person

in the circle, in the circle............naaar prefer a Safe Tail-Rotor
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that's why I don't do any maintenance, different department
I have been meaning to ask you about that. Going on the number of different aircraft with 9N registration, there must be a substantial maintenance base, or several?
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G'day old Farang.......every operator has their own maintenance organization, Engineers, Technicians etc.
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VF what are the winds \ gusts like in your last photo with reference to your DA & lower control authority.
Super photos as usual & nice lady's if you are still allowed to say such things.

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Old 24th Feb 2017, 01:58
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Hey 500e......Thanks Mate, Love the 500's how about we swap machines
DA here averages ISA+20, sometimes ISA+35 winds can vary from 5knots to 55knots with plenty of swirling & turbulence to make approaches very serious Will try & dig up some more Feminine shoots
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