Nick dear boy....landings are a given....it is takeoffs we wish to hear about....the Bell Press Release seems a bit vague on that.
I copied the pertinent bit from the
PR ....
".....the aircraft landed on Tillcho Peak in the Mustang area of northern Nepal Himalayan mountain range at an altitude of 22,180 feet Hp (24,971 feet Hd). "
The question does arise....did the aircraft?
More importantly...being here at the base of some fairly high peaks and some other small lumps in the earth's crust....what kind of payload, etc....did they tote around with them. I want something to work around 15,000 feet and do so with some generous OGE capability. Bell has never been able to produce anything that did that very well and have a tail rotor that could do more than make a lot of noise.
Being a bit cynical here....but I can be convinced if Bell can show me the numbers.
