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Jai Shri Sagarmatha ji
Sagarmatha (Everest) viewed from ~23,000' :ooh: :cool: :}
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Top of the World - yikes we're high
EBC Everest Base Camp is starting to populate for the upcoming climbing season :uhoh:
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The Beast - Mils
Stunning! Are there a lot of Mils flying in Nepal? Are they looking for pilots for Mils? Do you know how high do they operate them?
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WoW factor
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Top of the World - yikes we are high
Gokyo village :rolleyes: :eek: :}
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Rescue Duties
Gorokshhep 17,020' @ -1ºC ~ 4 x PAX + 50kg Cargo + 140lts GoJuice :ok:
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another day in the office
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Top of the World - details
Hey MercuryRises
Yep there is 1 x Mi17 operated by Shree here & yes with the TV3 donks :eek: But can't give You any clue as to how they perform ultra high. They fly with 5 metric tons internal cargo into VNSB, the World's 3rd highest airstrip Land Happy always :) |
Thanks VF. They are overloading the Mi-17. It can carry 4 Tons inside. 5 tons is really pushing it. They must have very skilled pilots to carry such load to VNSB.
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Top of the World - Rescue & Cargo
Gorkshep 17,020' @ +2ºC ~ 180kg Cargo up from Lukla. Down = 3 x PAX +40kg Cargo + 120litres GoJuice :uhoh: :ouch: :rolleyes:
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Top of the World - WoW factor
Tengboche Monastry :ok:
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Jettie details
FOD (yes we have a particle separator) :mad: :yuk: & time x blade change :cool:
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Top of the World - Rescue
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Excellent set of pictures again VF. Thanks!
Do you encounter any issues regarding communication with ATC due to language/communication barriers? |
G'day gcpilot8
Thanks Brother :ok: As we are an ICAO country here, all ATC dialogue must be in English, so no problemo :8 Happy Landings ;) |
Namaste VF
Your old Turbine blades look a little second hand on the leading edge, what do you do for things and spare like that, do you have to wait a long time or do you carry stores to cover such things, The past few days of your pictures have been the finest I have seen from you, you will be there for the rest of ya life, you would be bored if you went anywhere else....Happy landings VF Peter R-B Lancashire |
OK VF this is the perfect moment to get an AFS barrier filter and swap the C20J to a C20R. Soloy has promised a half price installation kit with the STC
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VF, you just need to get the Lady VF`s nail files and get to work on the blades..good for another 500 hrs....!!:)
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Top of the World - details
Namaste Peter-RB
Yaar it's very serious FOD :{ spares are no problem, Bell is happy to take our money :\ Thanks Mate hmmmmm maybe...but being on the edge of the limits (& beyond) can also wear You down :} -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey Gemini Twin Yep Your perfectly right, but only if it's free :( -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi sycamore What :ooh: break into the Missus's beauty kit := she'd castrate me if I dared :ouch: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy Landings always :cool: |
Blending blades
Yep ! nail files work wonders, did plenty of blending on the Gnome, Sycamore if only you knew !.
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loads of coffee please
Hey zetec2
But the Missus will have my guts for garters :eek: :mad: then what will I do :confused: |
VF, I`m sure Lady VF will look fine in garters..!!
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Top of the World - Rescue
Gorokshep 17,020' Critical Rescue acute altitude sickness & another with a broken leg :\ 5 x PAX + 60kg Cargo +105litres GoJuice :ooh:
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Cone head
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Nail files
VF, re nail files, guts for garters etc, us engine blokes always carried our "Riffler Files" to blend slight dents & abrasions, but for deeper damage & as a "get you home" for the man in the RH seat a nail file often worked wonders, there must be stories on here about what we did that experience & 20 years of engineering taught us that got the job done to get the rotating mass airborne & home ! often a case of needs must within the parameters of safety and being an engineer in the old (good) days before all this yellow jacket & risk assessment stuff came in, PH (an ex helicopter engine fitter & engineer).
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Riffler file
As an addition, if there is any helicopter engine fitter / engineer out there that doesn't have a Riffler File in their toolkit I am quite willing to pass mine on as I am now a happily retired ex helicopter/gas turbine engineer & my uses for said item are absolutely minimal (no good even for smoothing nails in leiu of a nail file !), regards, Paul H.
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Brilliant pics.
Almost makes me want to give up fixed wing and flight attendant coffee.... |
another day another dollar......less tax :*
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beer o'clock
Hey zetec2
I'll leave all that for the Engineers & just stay as the bus driver :suspect: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Namaste dribbler Yaaaar except for the money :eek: Land Happy always :O |
Rescue Duties
Amadablam Base Camp 15,377' before the weather closed in :rolleyes:
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Top of the World - WoW factor - click on picture for video
My 1,000th Rescue mission successfully completed in Nepal :ok: here just below Amadablam Base Camp waiting for weather to improve :uhoh:
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Congratulation VF! :-)
Stay safe and keep on, its pure pleasure! :D greetings from a true swiss fellower. Florian |
WoW factor indeed
Namaste VF
I don't know how I had never looked at this thread until last week. Then it became like the great compelling book that you just can't put down. I'm holding you responsible for hours and hours of work I didn't do because I was so entranced by these photos. I finally made it here from page 1, after days and days. Please, don't stop "wasting" my time! When you get to those sites at 2000', do you get sick from too much oxygen?:} Funny how rotorheads usually joke about not flying above 500' to avoid nosebleeds, and you're playing astronaut.:D |
VF,
1,000 rescues mate. :ok: That would sound great, if you didn't take into account where you are - then it is bloody amazing ! Well done sir. Arrrj PS _ that last photo (video) is nasty...who wants to fly around in that stuff. |
Kaisa hai VF
1000 rescues! Much respect. Hope you have 1000 more. CT. |
1000 rescues! With great respect and much admiration, well done VF.
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Coffee time
Hey zetec2
My risk assessment is upon arrival looking outside; weather, wind, Helipad, approach-escape & doing a power check at 15knots (ETL) to see what margin I will have if any :uhoh: the yellow jacket is trendy, no requirements here for Pilot at least to wear fluro vests :cool: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodmorning helistoked Thanks Brother :D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Namaste rotorfan WoW, didn't think it was so compelling...many, many thanks :ooh: hehehe Mate I'm still not more than 500'agl most of the time landing above 20,000' except when needing to transit between crossing low passes ;) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G'day Arrrj Mega thanks Mate, yaaaar that was a lot of challenging flying :ok: Well that last video := very common here, that was a better day than most :yuk: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello cattletruck Thank You, me too! :O ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giddy Up Gemini Twin Cheers Brother :cool: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the Best in Heath & Happiness :) ❤OmOmOm❤ |
Haze soup
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Perks of the job
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