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Old 20th Mar 2014, 14:25
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Hi `Punkah-wallah Sahib`VF,don`t eat too much Nyak cheese with Nyak( Gurkha) rum,unless you want a `lift` on take-off,and an underwear change.....
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Old 21st Mar 2014, 09:48
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Roger that....WILCO

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Old 21st Mar 2014, 12:32
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inbound to Jomson airport VNJM 8,800' to drop fuel & 2 x PAX to do shuttles




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inbound to Jomson airport VNJM 8,800' to drop fuel & 2 x PAX to do shuttles




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Old 21st Mar 2014, 12:38
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Muktinath Helipad 12,270' @ 13ºC + nil wind - 2 x PAX + 15kg Cargo + 12usgal GoJuice















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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 09:04
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These are fantastic pictures. A colleague of mine has done Everest (in fact he completed the Seven Summits last year). I can see why he loves this part of the world so much.
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 14:02
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I hope everyone can appreciate the fuel management that goes into working in that environment. I go down to those levels when moving something heavy and fuel is right there but doing it when the fuel is far away is a very different exercise.
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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 01:38
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Namaste STANDTO

Tis indeedly an awesome place to fly (albeit very seriously challenging) & live
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Your right Brother, to achieve the lifts here often to fly back to my fuel stash can be 8-10mins away so often landing with 7 or 8usgals which at these ultra high altitudes is your 20 mins except when doing Rescues above 20,000' then I am landing with 35-40litres on gauge on the AS350B3+ which is about 12-15mins, but You gotta do that or You won't pick up the Patient You need that eXtra leverage

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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 01:59
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Angel JetBox to the Rescue

departed VNLK 9,400' with 38usgals, weather crap poor vis, low clouds, CB cells, hail the size of golf balls, fly to VNPL 8,077' picked up Patient (4 x PAX) then fly to VNKT 4,360' land with 9usgal (20mins) remaining around 6,000' to 9,000' the JetBanger burns 27usgal per hour






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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 02:17
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Yikes a clear morning

it's almost summer & fresh snow falls approaching Lamjura pass 11,700'





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the Old & the Bold the Bold didn't make it @ VNLK lower Helipad



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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 03:02
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As they say, "that'll buff out"!
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Fantastic photo's VF. They bring back memories of a famine relief operation I flew during 1980 (Operation Khana Cascade)... RAF C130 airdrop of food and medical supplies.

Keep up your good work.

Ciao

TCF
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Namaste VF

#1714 the first pic, is that morning haze or afternoon haze due to the brick kilns??

Are those kilns somewhere in Lalitpur or BHaktapur district?

Any damages to the Jet Box due to hail?

Fly safe ....Om
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Old 24th Mar 2014, 02:13
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Hey rjtjrt

haaar.....yar well they're still buffing It is now a cosey place to camp at night for some transiting locals
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Good morning TheChitterneFlyer

Thanks Brother...well done & I will do
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I's early morning & the kilns are in Bhaktapur area Yep some nose skins dimples from the hail & a crack in the sky-light perspex no damage to blades

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