Top of the World: photos from Nepal
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Top of the World - ouch
Halesi 4,897' @ 18oC Rescue flight; 4 x pax + 42kg cargo + 22usgal GoJuice. Yauwww may be remote but wires everywhere 
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Dear VF
You are posting very beautiful photos!!! Keep them coming..
However winds of 80+ kt are extremely strong, even for the B3. I would never fly with 80 kt
The max approved is 50 kt.
Don't you have news about the R44 operating in Pokhara? Have you ever seen it flying?
Thank you
You are posting very beautiful photos!!! Keep them coming..
However winds of 80+ kt are extremely strong, even for the B3. I would never fly with 80 kt
The max approved is 50 kt.Don't you have news about the R44 operating in Pokhara? Have you ever seen it flying?
Thank you
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Namaste ka26
Yep 80kt wind is very serious, but the only way to know exactly what is really going on in the upper atmosphere; is go & have a look. Weather info here is sketchy for this work, at airports its fine. Hence I went, had a look & bailed out for a beer.
The 44 is nicely rotting away under its perished cover still at VNPK, turned a blade last time was about 8months ago??
Happy Landings
VF
Yep 80kt wind is very serious, but the only way to know exactly what is really going on in the upper atmosphere; is go & have a look. Weather info here is sketchy for this work, at airports its fine. Hence I went, had a look & bailed out for a beer.
The 44 is nicely rotting away under its perished cover still at VNPK, turned a blade last time was about 8months ago??
Happy Landings
VF
Ka26,
The windspeed you refer to is not a limitation, but is a statement from the Performance section as to what windspeeds starting and stopping of the rotors has been demontrated with wind in the nose.
Allthough 80kts is not something I would not prefer flying in, it is not over the "limit"
The windspeed you refer to is not a limitation, but is a statement from the Performance section as to what windspeeds starting and stopping of the rotors has been demontrated with wind in the nose.
Allthough 80kts is not something I would not prefer flying in, it is not over the "limit"
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Hot damn, not often i get to fly in wind speeds at lower levels in excess of 35 knots, but I always enjoy the higher speeds if i am going that way and not at all the other way.
IMHO that I have often encountered high wind speeds at around 5500 to 9000 feet in central OZ as South Easterlies during the dry season at up 65 to 70 knots in FW's and once again, most enjoyable if going that way. Going the other way it's either nose bleeds or very B rough at low level.
IMHO that I have often encountered high wind speeds at around 5500 to 9000 feet in central OZ as South Easterlies during the dry season at up 65 to 70 knots in FW's and once again, most enjoyable if going that way. Going the other way it's either nose bleeds or very B rough at low level.
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Top of the World - coffee
Hehehehehe keep it VMC, in the green, upright & clear of terrain 
Play safe - be safe
VF
Play safe - be safe
VF
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Mount Manaslu
Very nice VF! I see you are still driving "Double India" - it must be a hard thing to continually flog a 206 about the rarefied atmosphere of the Himalayas!
Do you ever fly around Mt. Manaslu?
Mount Manaslu (also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world and is located in the Mansiri Himal part of the Nepalese Himalayas in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name (which means "Mountain of the Spirit") comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that "While the British consider Everest their mountain, so Manaslu has always been the mountain of the Japanese."
Manaslu sits at 8,156 metres (or 26,759 ft) above mean sea level and is the highest peak in the Lamjung District and is located about forty miles east of Annapurna. The mountain's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when viewed from afar.
Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas
I see you are still driving "Double India" - it must be a hard thing to continually flog a 206 about the rarefied atmosphere of the Himalayas!Do you ever fly around Mt. Manaslu?
Mount Manaslu (also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world and is located in the Mansiri Himal part of the Nepalese Himalayas in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name (which means "Mountain of the Spirit") comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that "While the British consider Everest their mountain, so Manaslu has always been the mountain of the Japanese."
Manaslu sits at 8,156 metres (or 26,759 ft) above mean sea level and is the highest peak in the Lamjung District and is located about forty miles east of Annapurna. The mountain's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when viewed from afar.
Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas
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Namaste Savoia
Yep I fly around Manaslu often, check a few pages back where I was doing Rescues at camp 3 after a massive avalanche. Actually Manaslu probably kills more Climbers than any other, she is extremely dangerous
We only use the Jetbox for Rescues up to 16,000' give or take 500' that is about her limit to pick up 1.
Cheers & Happy Landings
VF
Yep I fly around Manaslu often, check a few pages back where I was doing Rescues at camp 3 after a massive avalanche. Actually Manaslu probably kills more Climbers than any other, she is extremely dangerous
We only use the Jetbox for Rescues up to 16,000' give or take 500' that is about her limit to pick up 1.
Cheers & Happy Landings
VF
