Originally Posted by
Two's in
Operating at 3,000 metres over mountainous terrain immediately puts you into a corner of the operating envelope where you had better have some options up your sleeve. Power margins, turbulence, down draught velocity, escape routes, visibility and control issues are all great things to cover on the pre-flight briefing. It's a very unforgiving environment when things don't go to plan, and a great place to have experience on your side.
No joke. The highest I've flown my trusty 44 is not quite 2000M, and I treated her like a delicate flower up there. Not at all like the tough old bird she is nearer to sea level. 3000M op's has got to be something else entirely.