Top of the World: photos from Nepal
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Tail-Rotor Safety
Hey Nubian
Yar why not, all Kid's play with sticks, stones anything they can get their little hands on
I've not had one (yet) throw anything into the Tail-Rotor 
But I am parking with the tail hanging out from the pad so that no-one can walk into the mincer
Land Happy
Yar why not, all Kid's play with sticks, stones anything they can get their little hands on
I've not had one (yet) throw anything into the Tail-Rotor But I am parking with the tail hanging out from the pad so that no-one can walk into the mincer
Land Happy
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From: South of the Equator
Great thread
hay VF, love your thread and please keep it up. One thing could you get your engineers to put some paint on the B3 tail rotor blades, this will make the tail rotor more visible to the prospective fodder and as an added bonus give them more life.
I have a thread elsewhere of my PNG Pics by Pigdog, may be of interest to you and any other viewers, but I must say it's not to the standard you have set.
Cheers
Dog
I have a thread elsewhere of my PNG Pics by Pigdog, may be of interest to you and any other viewers, but I must say it's not to the standard you have set.
Cheers
Dog
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From: At home
VF,
Always the best practise to park with the tail like that. Avoid most risks for the tail rotor. Just got the chilles, thinking of a stick poked in the wrong place. Have had my share of landings around Africa and India with sticks and stones... Worst actually being the guards hired in to keep spectators at a distance, they ALL have sticks.....
let alone the AK's 
Always the best practise to park with the tail like that. Avoid most risks for the tail rotor. Just got the chilles, thinking of a stick poked in the wrong place. Have had my share of landings around Africa and India with sticks and stones... Worst actually being the guards hired in to keep spectators at a distance, they ALL have sticks.....
let alone the AK's
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From: Top of the World
yippee factor
G'day Jungle Dog thanks Brother re TR blades; fwded to my Engineer, awaiting outcome I checked Your clicks on BS - WoW in the air....scary on the ground 
Wanna swap buses for a while? 
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Hey Nubain yaar been there done that had the stick wielding Guards with rusty AK47's 
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Hi krypton_john now the chin-up bar sounds a good plan
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Namaste Rotor Baby yes it is, both
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Hey robin303 which part?
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Happy Landings to One & All..........no matter what, or where You fly
VF
I checked Your clicks on BS - WoW in the air....scary on the ground Wanna swap buses for a while? -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hey Nubain yaar been there done that
had the stick wielding Guards with rusty AK47's -----------------------------------------------------------------
Hi krypton_john now the chin-up bar sounds a good plan
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Namaste Rotor Baby yes it is, both
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Hey robin303 which part?
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Happy Landings to One & All..........no matter what, or where You fly
VF
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From: Top of the World
Rescue Mission
Phedi 7,704' @ 17ºC - 4 x PAX + 25kg Cargo + 34ysgal GoJuice 
(no clean place to land, heaps of dust for a total brown out, wires, only suitable spot nearest to the Patient, damn tight)
(no clean place to land, heaps of dust for a total brown out, wires, only suitable spot nearest to the Patient, damn tight)
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From: South of the Equator
Swap
Love to trade buses VF, though I think I'd need a bit o dual on the ultra high stuff, phew the old hart would be at max speed. My wife has spent a bit o time in Nepal and love the country and people, she gets a kick out of your pic's as she has visited some of the areas you fly.
It's a jungle out there, cheers
Dog
It's a jungle out there, cheers
Dog
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Top of the World - office
Annapurna Base Camp South 13,780' - 5 x PAX + 25kg Cargo + 128litres GoJuice 
Machhapuchre in the background
bit of a slope
Bear paws would be handy
Engineers took them off 
(SIWSD)
looking into the Moran
Machhapuchre in the background
bit of a slope
Bear paws would be handy
Engineers took them off (SIWSD) looking into the Moran
