My altitude record is an embarrassing 12 grand, in a 2-bladed Bell with 3 engines. I imagine that would be a subterranean coal mine altitude in your neck of the woods! I think I'd need to be kept well away from any flight controls, with the IFR covers on the windscreens, and wearing foggles. I'd need to rely on the other senses for sensing any mountin' women in proximity.

That would be a 212 with a spare underslung?

I got a Huey to 17,000 in PNG but its envelope was 20kt min to 40kt max, certainly no attempt at landing on Mt Wilhelm.

:=:= Go stand in the corner!

Service Ceiling Power check down & dusted
 

G'day gulliBell....You countin' the fan in the dash as a donk too? Goes to show I don't know me Bells that well, 3 x engines :D I never take my foggles off :eek:
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Crikey Ascend Charlie........that's high for a Huey :ok: took a B206BIII to 22,000' filming once, 15 knots was the hold height speed :(
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Yes Old Farang....OK I surrender; I'll stand in the corner provided I can see that abomination, to see such perfectly voluptuous curved Moontins & the cleavaged valley :eek:



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Free Willy
 

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:mad:

I sleep knaked
 

Some Kids have all the Fun
 

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Milk-shake time :O

Aaargh nice Cleavage
 

Just extend the Araldite just beside it.

Hey VF,

Whats the story behind this?

Close enough, here ye be awarded a cigar. 'Twas indeed a 212, with a spare in the back. And half frozen me up front with no map. I did start out with a map but it blew out the window. Anyway, couldn't see much of the ground to make use of a map, and the top-of-climb checklist has me closing my eyes until ready for descent.

No seat-belts, but my ipad surely strapped in
 

G'day Fareastdriver.....exactly Mate, seen a repair on a TR blade hole here big enough for Your 2 thumbs to go through repaired by the magic of Aralditie :ugh:
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Hoy there Nubian......TGB went AWOL following a sudden stoppage due to impact of the rotating blades at flight idle :yuk:
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Crikey gulliBell...that was grandly orjanised :confused: Your one Blessed lucky bugger :D
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I see both throttles are all the way forward in the military power detent...you might say balls to the wall, or whatever the gender specific term in the same context.

Just a little bit of duct tape will do ;-)

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Evening gulliBell.......it's the throttle levers, they're gender neutral, or transsexual clubs :*
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Hoy cavuman1.......eeer would that be cront :confused:
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G'day Flying Bull.....WoW but; I saw a 350 blade delamination bodgied up with duct tape, flew that way & then the Star-flex failed in the hover a month later :{ if it needs fixing, then do it right, or don't do it at all :eek:
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