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Old 9th Dec 2008, 16:58
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birrddog
 
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A word of advice, although it may sound obvious....

Just because you are in a helicopter does not necessarily mean you need to scrape over the top of the mountain.... Give yourself plenty of altitude between the heli and the highest point, even it means going VFR on top (if allowed where you are flying).

Sometimes the turbulence is unavoidable even at high altitudes, though certainly always less the higher you fly over a mountain.
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