Top of the World: photos from Nepal
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Yikes...............we're High
G'day BR............Mate petrol in the tank depends on the landing DA & cargo/PAX carried 
I prefer to carry petrol in jerry cans & ditch it somewhere along the way at a lower altitude - big field/pad, to come back for a drink after the eXtreme mission is done & dusted 
Crikey Mate....still climbing; FvkMe
I prefer to carry petrol in jerry cans & ditch it somewhere along the way at a lower altitude - big field/pad, to come back for a drink after the eXtreme mission is done & dusted Crikey Mate....still climbing; FvkMe
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Only another <4 minutes to go at that RoC
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Where too.....from 'ere
G'day ZW.....good on ole Willie, he gets HigH at home 
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Hey FB.....Mate; I'm also a 500'agl Man, but, sometimes a little more
HuH 3 hands & I thought it 'twas 79,260' 
Yikes now I'm also confused 
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Namaste John....thanks for that, the Grand Masters keeping us Young Sprogs on the straight & narrow right line
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Hey FB.....Mate; I'm also a 500'agl Man, but, sometimes a little more
HuH 3 hands & I thought it 'twas 79,260' Yikes now I'm also confused --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Namaste John....thanks for that, the Grand Masters keeping us Young Sprogs on the straight & narrow right line
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With 1037mbs set on the altimeter the altimeter reads 648 feet higher than when set to 1013mbs for pressure altitude.
So 5 and a bit minutes to summit Everest...
So 5 and a bit minutes to summit Everest...
The total error allowed in that style of altimeter at that altitude could also be as much as 340'.
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However, ICAO standard 1013.25mb is for flight levels which very often has no relation to the actual height AMSL. Height may be better reflected in the pressure setting (QNH?) here and be used for more accurate terrain references.
Just a SWAG, no doubt VR can clue us in
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Hello there DoT........something like that, whose counting anyways 
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G'day DonQuixote23...........bingo
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Hoy RVDT.......it's all visual ops up in the heavens for what we're doing so it's all lookin' at them thar big peaks
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Morning John....yes Your right Mate, we are basically setting a QNH referencing off the already known heights & comparing them with the GPS which both ring true & match. As it is all visual the altimeter doesn't mean that much, it's eyeballing that carries the greater weight.
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To Right fadecdegraded.....this baby has landed on Everest twice & traveled to the outer realms of Earth's atmosphere. Sure as hell wouldn't wanna be exceeding Ng or T4 or Torque (errr torque, forgotten what that is). But service ceiling & performance is really more about the Pilot not the RFM which can be waaaay out up there
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Namaste ScotiaQ........I doubt going >23,K' is gonna break anything unless the PIC does sumting shtooopid which is just as easily possible <23,K'
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Hi toptobottom....yep sure have, lots of important stuff missing like highest accident rate World wide, highest insurance premiums World wide, EASA & ICAO black banns in place for years & still! cheapest charter rates around with those insurance premiums with undercutting, price gauging, competition errr, nuff said here
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G'day DonQuixote23...........bingo
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Hoy RVDT.......it's all visual ops up in the heavens for what we're doing so it's all lookin' at them thar big peaks
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Morning John....yes Your right Mate, we are basically setting a QNH referencing off the already known heights & comparing them with the GPS which both ring true & match. As it is all visual the altimeter doesn't mean that much, it's eyeballing that carries the greater weight.
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To Right fadecdegraded.....this baby has landed on Everest twice & traveled to the outer realms of Earth's atmosphere. Sure as hell wouldn't wanna be exceeding Ng or T4 or Torque (errr torque, forgotten what that is). But service ceiling & performance is really more about the Pilot not the RFM which can be waaaay out up there
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Namaste ScotiaQ........I doubt going >23,K' is gonna break anything unless the PIC does sumting shtooopid which is just as easily possible <23,K'
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Hi toptobottom....yep sure have, lots of important stuff missing like highest accident rate World wide, highest insurance premiums World wide, EASA & ICAO black banns in place for years & still! cheapest charter rates around with those insurance premiums with undercutting, price gauging, competition errr, nuff said here
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Surely, surely....don't call me Shirley
Hey there etudiant..............the scenery is surely serene, surely the rest is not surely 
the rest is not surely
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