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Love the Vegemite shot. And i enjoy it in Hawaii...
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Top of the World - Aerial Trukking
VNPL Ppaplu 8,077' Aerial Trukking, uplift 750kg cargo + 130litres Go Juice, fly to VNSB Syangboche 12,402'; zero/zero arrival, almost no HIGE, then fly back to VNPL landing with 65litres GoJuice. YeeHaaa :}:*:\
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Top of the World - ultra WoW
KTM scenes around Sunset from my apartment roof top - WoW :cool::p;)
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Top of the World - Astranuat
during a ultra high mapping mission, scenes from 23,000+' :E:sad::}
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Top of the World - Astranuat
Ultra High Altitude mapping & photo shoot 23,000'+ :mad::ouch::\
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Top of the World - ultra WoW
Sagarmatha (Everest) making her own clouds, photo shoot & mapping, 23,000' WoW :ooh::8:uhoh:
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Top of the World - yikes we are high
NASA tracking us in an Earth outer atmosphere flight path :eek::ooh::eek:
caution; lower orbiting satellites :confused::} http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0fdc8b0c.jpg |
Top of the World
Sagarmatha - the very top of our Planet Earth 8,852m - 29,042' (though some claim claim 9klm -29,527'??) :ouch:
Land Happy Always :ok: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...ps081c7832.jpg |
Just Plain AWESOME!!!!!!!
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Fabulous and awesome pictures indeed VF. What type of camera do you use, or do you have several? Keep the pictures coming - they make my week. But take care, those are really scary looking mountains :eek:
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Hi VF, I have a signed Eurocopter hat by Didier Dalselle on a commemorative cap of his Everest landing in the B3.It states 8850m. Just thought I'd share this useless info!!
Cheers and cool pics (pardon the pun) |
Now that is some serious drop offs there !
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Top of the World - office
Namaste Rotorheads
Thanks for Your positive compliments on my pictures...I really appreciate those. Cheers Sagarmatha (Everest) height; if You Google it, there is a plethora of statements, comments, facts, formulas etc on the claimed height. Some as low as 8,840m, 8,847m, 8,848m, 8,850m, 8,852m even up to 9,000m :E all I can say is; its BLOODY high :8 Whilst doing mapping & filming around the upper reaches we are (aroundish) 23,000'+++ & the Peak of Sagarmatha is still an amazingly loooooooong way up :eek::\:* Land Happy Always :) VF |
Top of the World - coffee
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Top of the World - Astranuat
Pheriche - Ginger tea, biscuits, camera adjustment & SD card change out + fuel during upper Sagamartha mapping :{:uhoh::}
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Yoga
Health is Wealth - Yoga practice leads the way!! :ok:;):cool:
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Tea and ....... Tuborg :}
JR |
Namaste VF
Yet again totally stunning views that us low altitude folk only ever glimpse in posts such as yours, I dont know about the others who read your posts,...... but I would swop places with you and pay for the privilage just to see such sights as you do at first hand ..and as you say in your daily office commute.! Many regards Peter RB. Lancashire stay safe whilst dusting the snow from the cheeks of the Lord |
Hi VF,
been with PPRUNE for a while and i must say, about the only threads i check nowadays on the forum is if you have posted new pics or the Rotary Jobs section....... One question for ya: How do you deal with the massive turbulance you encounter and what AS is the best to ride them? I know this depends on the altitude your flying at due to VNE? Have fun, be safe and never ever forget that some people would do some pretty weired stuff to be able to do what you do in the B3....... Cheers, bitmonx |
Top of the World - details
Good Morning fellow Rotorheads Jet Ranger, Peter & Bitmonx
Roar Yar Tuborg Tea :}:=:yuk: Thanks for the positive vibes on my pix, greatly appreciated as always :ok: Turbulence penetration speed errr well???? (nothing in the RFM) I find I just punch through at what ever speed works giving the least amount of machine bouncing around :confused: Land Happy always :D VF |
Top of the World - Astronaut
Sagarmatha - the Majestic Everest :hmm::ooh::eek: (guess the A/C height AMSL?):E
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VF
How Is the weather this winter? Is it a typical winter season? Maybe you are just picking the days to take a photo, but I always imagine winter there as snow, snow, snow. I appreciate all the photograph's you post - a really impressive effort. John |
VF - Thanks for posting these latest pics - fascinating as always.:ok:
One question though - do you have any av med issues such as decompression bends, altitude sickness, O2 ear etc.? Or is it just a question of getting yourself fully acclimatised by being "in theatre" for the job? I presume that no amount of acclimatisation would dispense with the need for supplemental O2 at 23,000 ft - if so do you use a canula or a mask? My (RAF) training was O2 at 10,000 ft (air mix), above 25,000 ft needed 100% O2 and above 40,000 ft needed pressure breathing. :eek::eek: Safe flying as always. MB |
Top of the World - yikes we are high
Namaste Madbob
I think decompression sickness (the bends) comes from extended deep diving using compressed air. :{ CAAN regs require supplemental O2 above 10,000' ;) Acclimatisation does play a huge mega role. It is better to not use O2 whenever possible as it spoils acclimatisation. For landing below 19,000' & crossing passes I no longer use. However landing in the 'dead zone' the cannula O2 is always on above 20,000' for landings, prelonged ultra high altitude mapping, filming etc ('dead zone' - Mountaineers term for when above 20,000'+ as the body starts to seriously starve for O2 & vital body functions begin to shut down, on most people, but not all!) :\ Land Happy always :D VF :ok: |
I Like the new cameras
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Top of the World - Astronaut
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Top of the World - Astronaut
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Top of the World - Astranuat
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Can't help but love your work VF, keep em coming brother.
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Top of the World - Astronaut
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I wouldn't dare let go of anything to take a photograph if I was at that height.
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Top of the World - office
Mate the legs are hanging on & doing the flying for me :E :} :\
luckily not much CAT that day, 30-40knots only ;) |
You post a lot of wicked pictures and I love every single one of them, but this one had me with my mouth wide open and a stare of outright disbelief by the time I got to the second pic! This is just :sad: - WOW!
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Top of the World - AS350B3+ King of the Mountains
Mate the B3+ has landed on Sagarmatha 29,211' (albeit highly, highly modified, stripped of many components which are seriously illegal to fly without) :mad::\ (that's cheating) boooo :ooh::=:ugh:
I have pushed her to 28,000'amsl hopefully soon to map Sagarmatha (Everest) to overfly her at 29,500' :bored: hopefully the God's will be shining on Us that day OmOmOm :ok: She was minus second battery, all non essentials, seats etc. out, airframe filter out & minimal fuel, landing with 50litres on gauge :ooh: WoW what a rush :eek::( Land Happy always :) VF |
@VF ... EC people said they landed on Sagarmatha with their B3+ in standard configuration :E
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@VF:
Amazing, always stunning. Be safe and please keep the pictures coming! You open a window into altitudes and environments that hardly an other helicopter pilot will ever get a glimpse of. Thomas |
Originally Posted by Vertical Freedom
(Post 7662786)
For landing below 19,000' & crossing passes I no longer use. However landing in the 'dead zone' the cannula O2 is always on above 20,000' for landings, prelonged ultra high altitude mapping, filming etc ('dead zone' - Mountaineers term for when above 20,000'+ as the body starts to seriously starve for O2 & vital body functions begin to shut down, on most people, but not all!)
I remember when registering my plans at the Kathmandu embassy that no helipcopter rescue was available above around 15,000ft. Below that height, the helicopter would head out but only if USD1000 was paid in advance. The embassy said they would stump up the cash, but my passport would be marked so only valid for a trip home, and I wouldn't get it back until I paid the cash back. It was possible to live in Kathmandu for USD1 a day, so USD 1000 was a huge sum to a backpacking bum like me. Though to be honest, if I did fall ill enough at 15000 ft to require a medevac, the chances of a message getting back to Kathmandu before I died was neglibigle. In fact I met a fellow bum on the trail who had just been bitten by a dog, rabid we didn't know. So his escape route was a self imposed five day forced march back to a road where he could get a bus to the Canadian Clinic in KTM for his shots. Brilliant pictures from a stunning country |
Top of the World - coffee
Goodmorning World
I have been informed by Engineers here at the time that when Eurocopter landed on Sagarmatha the B3 was stripped of the anti-vibration head, the underfloor shaker weights & a few other weight reduction tweeks to reduce empty weight :\ Could she land with HOGE up there at normal weight..............................hmmmm don't believe so :} Land Happy always :ok: VF |
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Top of the World - Sagarmatha landing video
AS350 landing on Sagaramatha (Everest) details -
In the video note the following items; donkey dicks removed from skids, flight steps removed, anti-vibration hat removed from mast. & many more goodies removed, little tweaks & permitted to pull way http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...milies/eek.gif way beyond normal operating parameters for the engine.http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/boohoo.gif there appeared to be HOGE+ power available at all times whilst on the summit 29,211' - amazing??? http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ilies/cool.gifhttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/wibble.gifhttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/censored.gif Great job done by Didier http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/thumbs.gif with a little help from an ultra light machine & tons of extra power to boot http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/wink2.gif I'd sure as shid be scared pulling that off http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/icon25.gif Cheers to happy days :D VF |
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