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Namaste Bondu
Thanks, glad You are enjoying.......................more comin' soon, just need more hours in a day :cool: Vertical Freedom |
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VNMA 11,115' @ -14˚C Manang Valley, dumping fuel for the flight home after rescue, Nepal
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'Thorang Phedi' 15,157' @ -20˚C rescue flight, Manang Valley, Nepal
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Certainly qualifies for "Mountain Time" on the resume.
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'Charikot' 6,496' enroute @ 9,000' to VNLK from VNKT Nepal :eek:
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'Humkhola' 10,551' @ +5℃ Dam recce, Jomsom region, Nepal
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'Humkhola' 10,551' @ +5℃ Dam recce, Jomsom region, Nepal :cool:
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office views to Gokyo valley, scenes of frozen Tarns (glacial lake) 22,500' @ -30℃, 'Sagar Matha Ji' (Everest top right), Sulo Khumbu, Nepal
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Is the traffic that bad in Nepal that you have to fit a bumber bar on the front... :}
Seriously though, what's it for? The mirror bars I've had on my squirrels for slinging were quite different, thus the question.... |
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Sulo Khumbu region, another day gettin' some fresh air in the office, Nepal
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Namaste Flyting
Yep the frame is for the mirror when we are slinging :ooh: Happy Landings VF |
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'Kala Pathar' 17,373' @ -11℃ AS350B3+ ancient salt lake bed, now snow covered, below the majestic 'Sagar Matha ji' the 'Top of the World' Nepal
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for VF
VF, maybe a bit off thread .. but .. a mention of your flying conditions and more .. in this month's Readers Digest, Asian Edition (I couldn't find the Asian Link, so I added the UK link, same story .. )
Rescue at the roof of the world and a shameless link to the photo there .. :E http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/image...cle_rescue.jpg |
It's about time Vertical Freedon had his own photo thread. The pics are awesome mate and I am seriously jealous.
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Namaste ecureilx & Evil Twin
Thanks i seen the article on the HCL, we do that in our Company when required. :ok: Thanks for the compliments, not sure it warrant my own thread though :cool: will keep them pumping when time permits :O Happy Landings VF |
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'Everest Panorama Hotel' 12,616' @ 5℃ B206BIII & AS350B3+, Sulo Khumbu, Nepal
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'Dingboche' early morning rescue flight, 14,148' @ -18˚C, 4 x PAX, AS350B3+, Sulo Khumbu, Nepal
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Blah, yeach :mad: typical Mountain Rescue weather, :eek: no-one wants to be rescued in the sunshine??? :\ -18℃ Manang Valley, Nepal
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:{ washing day an amazingly clear day for Nepal :eek: rooftop views of the Mountains from my apartment in Kathmandu :D
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@VF: Mate, your pictures are absolutely fantastic! and as expressed before I am very jealous! You do an awesome job! Well done.. Thanks for the pictures too I really enjoy seeing them..
I do have a couple of silly questions, 1. At the heights you work at, are there Oxygen requirements, issues? 2. You pick up 5/6 people at those high altitudes, how much fuel do you carry? 3. The performance of your helicopters seems amazing, I am amazed it picks up all those people at that height, do you ever just run out of power? I would really like to see some pictures of Everest you have taken, what's the highest you have been up too? I was at 12,000' and found that bloody spooky!! Please keep the pics coming.. Fly safe! D |
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@VF: Mate, your pictures are absolutely fantastic! and as expressed before I am very jealous! You do an awesome job! Well done.. Thanks for the pictures too I really enjoy seeing them..Thank You Darren999, I appreciate Your feedback, will post more soon :ok:
I do have a couple of silly questions, there are no silly questions :E 1. At the heights you work at, are there Oxygen requirements, issues? of course there is, from 10,000' crew must be on O2 continuously. I have had no issues, but seen plenty of people with Altitude Sickness & it aint pretty coughing up blood & water from their lungs, :{ 2. You pick up 5/6 people at those high altitudes, how much fuel do you carry? not much :} just enough to get to the fuel cache I dumped on the way up there, legally 20 mins in the tank, but I try for 30 mins 3. The performance of your helicopters seems amazing, I am amazed it picks up all those people at that height, do you ever just run out of power? never have enough power to tun out of :ugh: usually Ng limited in an AS350B3+, Nr limited in an B2 & B & T4 limited in a B26BIII. many high altitude take-offs require cushion creep technique to the cliff edge & then fall off to get airspeed to fly away :p I would really like to see some pictures of Everest you have taken, what's the highest you have been up too? I have posted a few here already, the correct name for Mount. Everest is Sagar Matha (meaning the Goddess Mother of the Universe) :cool: I was at 12,000' and found that bloody spooky!!You do get used to the spooky feel but then there is the sloppy feel of the controls, the lack of power, looking always for where is the wind coming from cause you need every once of help you can get. ;) Happy Landings :cool: & always know where the wind is & do EVERYTHING into wind :ok: except piss, (unless your wearing gators :uhoh:) VF |
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Thanks VF I appreciate your explanations.
Keep up the good work! and fly safe!!! Look forward to more pics and I will check out the Mount Everest shots! Darren |
Speaking personally, I am hooked on this thread. I always look to see who has posted since my last visit and never miss if VF has added a post
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Namaste Darren999 & Helinut
Thanks Guys for the nice words. Next time I am flying around Sagar Matha will punch out a few more pix to post. It is off season now & b..... cold so there are very few people (tourist types) here so we are having a break (Yah well earned one) Feb end is the next season start, so I will post a few new pix then. Or maybe dig through my collection & post a few older pix??? Tell then; Be Safe, be Happy & stay Healthy :cool: Cheers' VF |
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Namche Heli-Pad, pic 1 on shallow fast approach, 2&3 on final, 4 sittin' on Namche Heli-Pad, lookin' back up the approach, AS350B3+, Sulo Khumbu, Nepal http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...P1040815-1.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...P1040817-1.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...P1040818-1.jpg http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...P1040824-1.jpg |
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Rescue flight (east) outbound at 11,500' to get a 45 knot tail-wind, lookin' at Lamidada airfield, B206BIII, Nepal
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modern EMS Rescue flight, 'Diktel' 5,397' @ 26°C, B206BIII, Nepal
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Rescue flight (west) inbound at 6,500' to get less head-wind 25knots, lookin' at Ramechhap airfield & the Himalaya's, B206BIII, Nepal
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'Lenticular' - cloud formations indicate BIG winds, & turbulance is just fightening in the ole' Jetbanger, enroute towardc Langtang Valley, Rescue flight, B206BIII, Nepal
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'Lenticular' - cloud formations indicate BIG winds, flying up Langtang Valley, Rescue flight, B206BIII, Nepal
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Kyanjing Ghompa 12,807' Rescue flight @ 1°C, 3 x pax, B206BIII, Nepal
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Kyanjing Ghompa 12,807' Rescue flight @ 1°C, 3 x pax, B206BIII, Nepal
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Kyanjing Ghompa 12,807' Rescue flight @ 1°C, 3 x pax, B206BIII, Nepal
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Kyanjing Ghompa 12,807' Rescue flight @ 1°C, 3 x pax, B206BIII, Nepal
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haaaah another day peering out the office window (if only it was like this everyday)
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haaaah another day peering out the office window (if only it was like this everyday) :ok:
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050570.jpg haaaah another day peering out the office window (if only it was like this everyday) :ouch: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050582.jpg haaaah another day peering out the office window (if only it was like this everyday) :cool: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050579.jpg |
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approaching 'Laba' on R base, (check all the WIRES) for Heli-pad, Nepalhttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050583.jpg
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Lake Rara 10,105' @ 2°C B206BIII, bad weather, haze, low cloud, high winds & turbulance, Nepal
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'Laba' - 6,168' & 22°C, 4 x pax, Jetbox, Nepal
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'Kattike' - 4,875' @ 24°C, 4 x pax, Jetbox, Nepal
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