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VF
 

Just as a matter of interest how many hours do you fly in an average week?

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

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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

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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

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Happy Landings

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Manang Gaon 11,452' @ 14ºC Rescue - 3 x PAX + 30kg Cargo + 40usgal GoJuice :uhoh: :bored: :)
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Khauraule 8,111' @ 21ºC - critical Rescue, 6 x PAX + 50kg Cargo + 240lts GoJuice ;) :D :ok:
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Tail-Rotor parked clear off the Heli-Pad - SAFETY FIRST :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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Astam 5,010' @ 22ºC - 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...