Beer o'clock
Wooaah another Mountain, another Lake :suspect: descending through 18,000' :*
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WoW
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Petrol Stop
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Dunai
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Remote Office duties
the (new) 'T' in SWAT (confined area checklist) - Tail-Rotor? what are You gonna do with it............:ooh:
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VF Dai
In post 2166, I can tell which machine you were flying and which was flown by Nepali pilot by the way the machine is parked. :cool: VF = Tail rotor clear of hazards :ok: |
Yikes we're HIGH
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LeOffice
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Yikes we're HIGH for a Jettie
Pangboche upper Helipad -13,585' @ 12ēC ~ 3 x PAX + 40kg Cargo + 12usgal GoJuice :8
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Rescue work
Pangboche upper Helipad -13,585' @ 12ēC ~ 3 x PAX + 40kg Cargo + 12usgal GoJuice :ooh:
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Not much flight planning needed with 12 gals I bet.
Are you just descending to a lower pad where you have more fuel? |
bring more strong coffee pleeease
Hey Nuthin
There is actually still a lot of planning & flying lef to do through 2 valley systems to descend to 9,500' :p 12usgal above 10,000' & below 15,K' at around 75-80knots @ MCP is 30mins till the noise stops :ooh: from Pangboche is an 8-9minute flight back to VNLK Lukla (11minutes in crap weather) so we land with ~ 8usgals = 20mins, the legal minimum reserve ;) Happy Happy @ Tyangboche Gompa :ok: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...4C483114A2.jpg |
Grande Int. Hospital roof-top Helipad
Banging in at ETL till in ground effect :O stayin' outa the HVD :ok:
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Good day VF,
at post 2171 frame 4,5,6,7 what are all the ropes strung across the valleys , are they some sort of Prayer symbols or some sort of celebration days, Stay safe up in that rare and fine air, many regards, love reading your almost daily posts,:ok: Peter R-B Lancashire UK |
not Beer o'clock yet
Hey Peter
That ed be the Buddhist prayer flags strung everywhere in the Solukhumbu which are great for local winds, except when they are strung across a diving gulley used for escaping heavy :\ |
Yikes we're HIGH for a JetBanger
Tyangboche Monastic Gompa blast past at Vne, descending through 13,300' :rolleyes:
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WoW factor from the Office window
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Rescue work
Tyangboche Monastic Gompa 12,598' @ 12ēC ~ 2 x PAX + 30kg Cargo + 11usgal GoJuice :rolleyes:
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WoW
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Top of the World
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Rescue work
Chumling 7,930' @ 15ēC ~ 3 PAX + 40kg Cargo + 30usgal GoJuice :rolleyes:
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Hey VF!
two questions... what is your minimum amount of Gojuice you are flying (BH 06). Do you have a personal limit?? i hate seeing the backward pump flashing ...so that is my limit Don´t you have trouble with your fuelpumps in high altitude flights. I had quite offen malfunctions when climbing over 10,000ft..... greetings from bavaria and always happy landings |
YeeeHaaar
Hey Bellrider
Fuel pump problems, :confused: no, not yet, & worked those little suckers up to 22,500' filming in the JetBox :eek: Landed after some extremely high altitude, minumum power missions with 5usgals :O But normally above 10,000' ~ 8usgals & 9usgal operations around 5,000' :ooh: Happy Happy :ok: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...D9CC18A1_2.jpg |
LeOffice
& sometimes they bring Deserts & Sweets................too :cool: (but) just to watch :rolleyes: [eye watch]
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Surpise
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I'm gonna beat him :D :mad:
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just another day.............
Orsho 13,771' ~ 3 x PAX + 35usgal + 30kg Cargo :mad: enroute HAZE :uhoh:
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WoW factor
Kongde Resort being overshadowed by Sagarmatha (Everest) :ooh:
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Hay VF, in the pic "surprise" there appears to be a squirrel in a very small shed/shelter, whats up with that?????:cool:
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a little Shnaps?
Hey JD....Yaaaar that's 9NAKA awaiting a new TGB :{ ScareBus Support hasn't changed much beyond :yuk: :yuk: :yuk:
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I give up. How do they get all the building materials up there?
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Hey MarcK
The hard way :ouch: Yaks, Mules, Porters :eek: & sometimes RotorCraft :rolleyes: Land back Happy always :ok: |
Aerial Ambo
Grande Int. Hospital rooftop H :ok: (new coat of paint - Luvley) :rolleyes:
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MarcK, to get an idea .. just Google images, carrying things in nepal
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JetBox Rocks
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KTM
From Our roof on a very rare, clear day :eek:
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VNMA
Humde Airport, Best black top in Nepal ~ never used by Fixed-Wing :confused:
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...3EFFD392B0.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...61A2EF24_3.jpg Hmmmm 'bout as safe as I can make the TR http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...D5103AA0_1.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...7BCD356173.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...955CC5914A.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...54DC22910C.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...232B44C685.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...A4E56190CF.jpg Managaon 11,483' ~ 4 x PAX + 50kg Stuff + 9usgals GoGoJuice http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9CC9E16B06.jpg Ready to Roll errrrra slide ~ 4 x PAX + 50kg Stuff + 44usgal (nil HIGE) :( http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...0E31DCBCC7.jpg VNMA 11,000' http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...F2FB962A93.jpg |
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