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Just as a matter of interest how many hours do you fly in an average week?
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Hey Steve - that is a great pic. Do you get to keep it? :-)
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Hey nomorehelosforme
Depends on the season but 20 to 30 hours ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hey Peter3127 Hmmm wish, but one of our Engineers claimed him, I was just the livestock transportation driver Happy Landings :ok: |
Hey VF
Must be busy hauling the ballot boxes for the recent election?:8 or were the private helicopter companies left out giving the exclusive rights to Nepal Army birds? |
Hey VF!
Just for info, our company has very good experience with the new composite tail rotor blades for the Jetbox. we operate a fleet of 10 BH06 and 3 machines have the new one´s. ( Van Horn Aviation ) All pilots are really impressed from the " power plus" and the coolness of the blades operating in bad wind conditions. Perhaps an option for your company to pimp up your Bell! Greetings from germany. Bellrider:ok: |
Any chance you can post some new pictures VF?
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Om Bellrider hehe I wish !!! yar I would love to have them VH blades - simply more Uummff :D http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...ies/thumbs.gif http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/wink2.gif
------------------------------------- Hey gcpilot8 the Army birds didn't get invloved? Only the Civi birds flew.....stacks of hrs! http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/badteeth.gif http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...milies/bah.gif http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...lies/worry.gif ------------------------------------- Happy Landings |
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Manang Gaon 11,452' @ 14ēC Rescue - 3 x PAX + 30kg Cargo + 40usgal GoJuice :uhoh: :bored: :)
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Khauraule 8,111' @ 21ēC - critical Rescue, 6 x PAX + 50kg Cargo + 240lts GoJuice ;) :D :ok:
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VF
When you are collecting an emergency Pax for hospital etc how do you cope with the amount of friends and family that might insist travelling with the pax?
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Hey nomorehelosforme
That's easy = 4 seats, or 5 or 6, that's how many go, no questions, no discussion, no arguments, end of story :ooh: Cheers to Life :ok: |
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Panchdhare 7,654' Rescue :suspect: :ouch: :eek:
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the JetBox Rocks
Astam 5,010' @ 22ēC - Rescue Flight = 4 x PAX + 35kg Cargo + 42usgal GoJuice :E :bored: :}
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VF: I see in a lot of your pictures that you set down your machine awfully close to those edges. Is that just a precaution so no one walks into the tail or because of terrain restrictions behind the perspective of the camera? Or perhaps just random conincidence?
Wish I had those ledges when each village I land in mobilizes a mob of 500 in anticipation of seeing an assumed helicopter crash first hand :sad: Rotorbreaks wear out rather quick around here... |
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Hey Hawkeye0001
I park the tail boom well off a ledge, for Safety First, it reduces the village idiot factor of some clown wondering into the spinning tail-rotor :eek: :hmm: & also sometimes due to rising ground, or a farming terrace step bringing those spinning main blades further away from a potential decap :yuk: :ok: :) Om Shanti Shanti Shanti ;) Happy Landings :D |
Wonderful and nostalgic photos!
Beautiful photos, many thanks. I first visited Nepal in 1980 (trekking in Khumbu, got as far as Kala Pattar). Nothing flying in those days but King's helicopter, UN Pilatus Porter, and a few (number continually decreasing due to prangs) RNAC Twin Otters. Various wrecked fuselages plus an intact Twin Pioneer used as goatsheds at Lukla (gravel strip in those days).
Came back with two-place motorglider (57 foot wingspan, VW power) in 1985 for weather research expedition. Looked at logistics of shipping it from Germany, ultimately decided to fly it down (took 10 days). Based at Pokhara (also gravel strip in those days), worked up and down Kali Gandaki between VNPK and Jomosom / Manag measuring daily up- and down-valley flow in Kali G gorge. Could have landed Jomosom or Manang in emergency but not enough power to get back out; would have had to disassemble ship and hire teams of porters to carry out. Now retired from air ambulance job in California (A109s, Bo105s, JetBoxes, King Air 200; company just starting to get EC135s when I left). Still have same model motorglider as in 1985 plus vintage pure glider, flying C421s part-time just to keep my hand in. Thanks again! |
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ReFueling Stop @ VNLK :ok: fantastic service ;)
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Dingboche 14,200' @ 10° Rescue :oh:
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Namaste peter_lert
WoW..............You've sure got some amazingly awesome experiences flying here in Nepal - I think much has changed since you've been here but I'm sure but the elevated landing sites, wild conditions haven't :bored: Yaaar there's nothing like flying :) Om :cool: |
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Om Mane Padme Hum
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& the days fly by - charter flight to Gaurgaon ;) :E :*
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Goroksheph 17,019' @ 0ēC - 3 x PAX + 35kg Cargo + 120litres GoJuice :8
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Deboche 12,242' @ 12ēC - 5 x PAX + 65kg Cargo + 90litres GoJuice = AS350B3+ :ok:
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Great pictures, as ever! But I have a question: Why is the 'helipad' at Gorokshep raised up above the lodges?
I remember from my last voyage up there that there's a big 'H' on the large plain between the lodges and Kalapatthar, a natural landing site. Is that not in use any more? Maybe not such a bad thing as on my visit the area around the pad itself (but not the rest of the plain) was covered in big rocks. Didn't stop a few people from landing there though. :E Hope to be using you guys to transport my equipment to Gorokshep next November, by the way. Looking forward to it already. :) |
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Namaste Nemrytter
Thanks Brother :ok: The (new) Gorksheph Heli-pad is now overlooking the village lodges on the ridge above the Western Kumbh moraine, the old pad, the dry salt bed was a major dust bowl hazard, really no fun to land, especially the T/O; dust out every time :mad: landed there 60+ times at least :{ Kalaphatar H-pad is still being worked :) Look forward to catch You for a cleanser (or 2) up here soon OmOmOm Happy Landings :D VF |
JetBox rocks
Even more sexy with the doors off :ok: aerial work Surket area :O
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The pictures show sunshine but the clothing suggests cold.
What's it like working there at this time of the year? |
Dear VF Friend :)
Bell 206B sexy :confused: 1) Either you need new glasses 2) You have been working for toooo long, need a break Always enjoy your superb pictures. Like to share them with friends not familiar with our business :cool: Best Regards :ok: |
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G'day Encyclo
Thanks Brother (from another Mother) for Your compliments :ok: The Jettie is sexy :) & nope glasses not required :confused: yep I do need a break :uhoh: & the JetBox is still beautiful ;) Cheers & Happy Landings :D |
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the Bold & the Beautiful :}
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...AE62DD8A79.jpg this R44 parked up at Pokhara has not turned a blade for 2 years :ooh: now that's safety for You :ugh: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...E93E2F2C82.jpg |
Mexican stand off
The Presidential Supa Puma & the Sexy JetBanger viewed from VNSK tower :ouch:
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