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Hey there SRFred....the Missus is happy to explore new turf 
I hopes 
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Understood Pali.........WILCO rubber ducky over & out
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Understood Pali.........WILCO rubber ducky over & out
Hello young fellow. I see some of those death trap overhead wires in photo #4367, albeit only small. So what do all those outlying villages do for power? I have not seen any HT cables strung around.
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Yar Yar Yar TR is.........
G'day FA........there are wires everywhere......
the higher crossings I tag in my GPS with the Skull&Crossbones add +250' for safe overfly the villages are mostly micro-hydro plants so fewer HT's but they are popping up in many new locations 
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Hey dash34...........apparently they are abooot to reshtart work (again)
but knowing the revolving door in politics with firm promises, then straight out the door; next 
the higher crossings I tag in my GPS with the Skull&Crossbones add +250' for safe overfly the villages are mostly micro-hydro plants so fewer HT's but they are popping up in many new locations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hey dash34...........apparently they are abooot to reshtart work (again)
but knowing the revolving door in politics with firm promises, then straight out the door; next
Wild guess..ran out of power at low speed....?
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Airmanship........what Airmanship?
Morning Sycamore.....Yip 110% 
a couple of experienced Mountain Pilots (& these 2 were) I would assume would firstly assess the escape power required, next pick her up to a hover & have another good look at the power Your pulling verses the power You need to escape, then ask? Have I got sufficient margin to pull this off, or not........obviously not, but they didn't check did they 
Result = a DP moment 
Dang ow bugger
Tail?
a couple of experienced Mountain Pilots (& these 2 were) I would assume would firstly assess the escape power required, next pick her up to a hover & have another good look at the power Your pulling verses the power You need to escape, then ask? Have I got sufficient margin to pull this off, or not........obviously not, but they didn't check did they Result = a DP moment Dang ow bugger Tail?
Morning Sycamore.....Yip 110% a couple of experienced Mountain Pilots (& these 2 were) I would assume would firstly assess the escape power required, next pick her up to a hover & have another good look at the power Your pulling verses the power You need to escape, then ask? Have I got sufficient margin to pull this off, or not........obviously not, but they didn't check did they Result = a DP moment Dang ow bugger
Tail?
a couple of experienced Mountain Pilots (& these 2 were) I would assume would firstly assess the escape power required, next pick her up to a hover & have another good look at the power Your pulling verses the power You need to escape, then ask? Have I got sufficient margin to pull this off, or not........obviously not, but they didn't check did they Result = a DP moment Dang ow bugger Tail?
It has to be stressful to operate in an environment where one has to always second guess oneself whether the next maneuver is feasible.