Helicopter Lands on The Summit of Everest!
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Helicopter Lands on The Summit of Everest!
Helicopter Lands on the Summit of Everest
Have a look at this - it certainly makes SH flying in the Alps look a bit tame. I bet you couldn't do it in a Puma - even if is a tiger!
I managed to get my 230 Sqn tiger scarf (only an honorary member) up to just over 6400m in the Himalaya (mind you that was walking/climbing).
Have a look at this - it certainly makes SH flying in the Alps look a bit tame. I bet you couldn't do it in a Puma - even if is a tiger!
I managed to get my 230 Sqn tiger scarf (only an honorary member) up to just over 6400m in the Himalaya (mind you that was walking/climbing).
Longer thread on this in Rotorheads....lots of questions about the landing...sanctioned or not...whether it was on top or only at the South Col...lots of links for reading.
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Tigs1999ish - but was it in a Puma?
Oxygen's over-rated anyway, I've never needed it that high - mind you my brain stopped functioning years ago!
Oxygen's over-rated anyway, I've never needed it that high - mind you my brain stopped functioning years ago!
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The French have landed on top of the highest point on the Earth....how are we supposed to beat that? Anyway I see it, we will be walking in Pierre's tracks.
The French have landed on top of the highest point on the Earth....how are we supposed to beat that? Anyway I see it, we will be walking in Pierre's tracks.
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Oh SASless, you poor thing! It looks like you were the first to fall for it. It's a joke, see. How much higher on land can you get on this planet than on top of the highest bit? Oh never mind.
How many others, I wonder.......?
How many others, I wonder.......?
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SASLess could have a point - the good old US could try and build up McKinley by about 3000m and then land a Heli on there just to outdo the Europeans.
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OK
I'll fall for it.
Go and look at the pictures of Sir Edmund Hillary And Sherpa Tensing up there in 1953 and tell me how you land any form of flying machine on that God forsaken spot.!!!!!!
PS Mind you, it was only the beginning of June when they were there.
I'll fall for it.
Go and look at the pictures of Sir Edmund Hillary And Sherpa Tensing up there in 1953 and tell me how you land any form of flying machine on that God forsaken spot.!!!!!!
PS Mind you, it was only the beginning of June when they were there.
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Edited due the fact I am stupid and got it wrong the first time
I can't let a thread go by without starting some banter. To this end, it may be worth highlighting
The Army was the first to succesfully climb Everest as a single-Service in 1976 when Bronco Lane and Brummie Stokes summited,
The RAF when Chf Tech 'Dan' Carroll and Cpl 'Rusty' Bale summited on 22 May 01 as part of the RAF MRS expedition.
The Navy followed the other 2 Services in 2003.
The Army will have another go next year.
Flood gates open....
I can't let a thread go by without starting some banter. To this end, it may be worth highlighting
The Army was the first to succesfully climb Everest as a single-Service in 1976 when Bronco Lane and Brummie Stokes summited,
The RAF when Chf Tech 'Dan' Carroll and Cpl 'Rusty' Bale summited on 22 May 01 as part of the RAF MRS expedition.
The Navy followed the other 2 Services in 2003.
The Army will have another go next year.
Flood gates open....
Last edited by Climebear; 8th Jun 2005 at 17:40.
