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Top of the World: photos from Nepal

Yeti (killers they are, savage)

that's a runway, yikes, run

Great pictures VR, thanks. :ok:

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Yes indeed, great shots! :ok:

Are you able to provide any narrative on the type of work you are doing - are these B3's?

Also, I'm guessing you need a fairly reliable battery if your starts are regularly above 10,000ft?

awesome! thnx for sharing :ok:

We shut down as high as 22,000' (if required). Just a normal sealed stainless-steel battery? To me looks tiny? hmmmm but never lets us down. 50-60% work is high altitude rescues, charters, film work, heli trekking, heli skiing & slinging. Using AS350B, B2 & B3.

10,000'amsl - 1,800' long

Seri village, Nepal. Landed due bad weather with PAX, had a lovely village lunch & of

Village children at Seri guarding the machine whilst we are off to lunch

Tinje village from the air. Farming only 6 months a year, the rest of the time its all snow skiing country
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Getting fresh air @ Kalikot 11,000’ Nepal

Tinje, 14,100’ Nepal in an AS350B2 with some sweet lovely Nepali ladies who were very shy to get photo with me. This spot is well above the snow line in winterhttp://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050893.jpg

Flying B2 over Mugu district far North/central Nepal; taking a short cut whilst the weather is good, the lower passes here are 19,000’http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050929.jpg

Lake Rara in Nepal 10,400’ @ 26oC amazing crystal clear, blue green colour, 5 miles long, 3 miles wide & 180meters deep just amazing to see. Note the weather all around, monsoon time.

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...9/P1050836.jpg

Very good pictures!:D

and informative too, i never imagined spaces of country there not indated with snow and ice, thankyou for the journey, would be a great place to visit during the warmer months me thinks.

Thanks topendtorque, we are in the summer monsoons now, so many of those pics will be deeply buried in fresh snow in another 2 month

I fly a B2 at sea level to 6000' where it has lots of power.

How is the helicopter's performance in Nepal? It looks like everywhere you land is a prepared helipad - I am sure that helps.

We land the B to about 10-11,000'amsl DA wow 15,000. the B2 15-17,000 DA over 20,K & the B3 well up to 23,000'amsl rescue up to 24,500'amsl so far for 1 climber.

VF : thank you for the great pics. Do you use oxygen above 15000' ?

Decredenza about 50-60% of landing are at prepared Helipads which makes for easier/safer run-ons & running take-offs when required. But the rest are whatever works, anywhere, SWAT & dive in, some are one way in, same way out.

JB-319 legal requirement is to use O2 continuously from 12,000' but we are generally start using from about 10-11,000' up
VF

the ole' B is usually red line on Nr, not Ng or T4 huh forget torque, fuel pump limited above about 8-9,000 so only Nr droops :{

VF : I assume you lower the pitch as soon as you can count blades... ;)

normal ops, keep in the green :ok:

I am very jealous of the Nepal flying you are doing. What a great experience. Please keep the photos coming.

19,000' for Rescue of Mugu area, Nepal, AS350B3+