Top of the World: photos from Nepal

[Vertical Freedom]

[Vertical Freedom]

Helicopter

[Vertical Freedom]

WoW Faktor

[Bell_ringer]

Hey VF.

Greetings and all that!
From many of your pics you always seem to be quite light on fuel. What's your typical fuel load for ops there?

Cheers
BR

[Vertical Freedom]

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

[Zombywoof]

Originally Posted by Vertical Freedom

Crikey Mate....still climbing; FvkMe

No kidding! You are higher than Willie Nelson at a pot smoker's convention!

[Flying Binghi]

Originally Posted by Vertical Freedom

Heh, as an Oz pilot that rarely gets above 500' AGL i had to spend some time looking at that altimeter to see what it were reading. Is it the big hand on the altimeter that reads thousands, or is it the little hand...






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[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by Flying Binghi

Heh, as an Oz pilot that rarely gets above 500' AGL i had to spend some time looking at that altimeter to see what it were reading. Is it the big hand on the altimeter that reads thousands, or is it the little hand...
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26,900ft; Mt Everest is 29,029ft.

Only another <4 minutes to go at that RoC

[Vertical Freedom]

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

[Dead on Time]

not quite that high...

Originally Posted by John Eacott

26,900ft; Mt Everest is 29,029ft.

Only another <4 minutes to go at that RoC

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...

DoT

[DonQuixote23]

I recall the PoH saying something about 23,000ft max alt...

[RVDT]

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...

Fail.

The total error allowed in that style of altimeter at that altitude could also be as much as 340'.

[John Eacott]

Originally Posted by Dead on Time

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...

DoT

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

[fadecdegraded]

Originally Posted by DonQuixote23

I recall the PoH saying something about 23,000ft max alt...

As Captain Barbosa of the Black Pearl says “ we tend to be thinking of them as guidelines rather than rules”
Aaarrrgghhh.

[ScotiaQ]

I recall the PoH saying something about 23,000ft max alt

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools". That maxim has done me quite well over the years.

Sq

[toptobottom]

Vertical Mag

Steve - seen this?

Flying in the Himalayas: No Place for Beginners

[Vertical Freedom]

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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[Vertical Freedom]

[etudiant]

The scenery sure is balm for the soul.
The details about business conditions suggest that balm is much needed.

[Vertical Freedom]

Surely, surely....don't call me Shirley

Hey there etudiant..............the scenery is surely serene, surely the rest is not surely