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May 24th 06, 08:46 PM
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Is this for real?
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single
turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. 
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#2
May 25th 06, 12:30 AM
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Is this for real?
JohnO wrote:
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. No need to climb Everest any more. Maybe now they will start hauling off the litter and dead bodies. -- J Kimmel www.metalinnovations.com "Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.
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#3
May 25th 06, 08:18 AM
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Is this for real?
I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. Actually, its standing at the top wasn't a real hover considering the wind blew at 60 kt or more...
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#4
May 25th 06, 04:24 PM
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Is this for real?
With a single engine too! Wow! Pucker factor 10 or 100?
ron *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com ***
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#5
May 25th 06, 07:01 PM
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Is this for real?
We got to meet the pilot (DJ I think was his name) at HAI... he said
the updrafts were so intense, the collective was bottomed out at the hover, and to decend, he had to do nose dives (pretty dramatic on the video). The power to hover up there was virtually nil... hell, he did a toe-in the entire time, never set it down fully. They had the chopper there too... not highly modified at all, just a factory B3 with a flight recording computer and some cameras. No crazy stripping jobs, it still had all the seats... and Eurocopter made sure to flaunt that the configuration on the stand was the same as it was during the attempt. -Mike Ron Snipes wrote: With a single engine too! Wow! Pucker factor 10 or 100? ron *** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com ***
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#6
May 25th 06, 09:30 PM
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Is this for real?
On 24 May 2006 12:46:03 -0700, "JohnO" wrote:
Landing a heli on Everest at 29,035 ft? And it's a regular single turbine AS350???? http://www.eurocopterusa.com/Media/N...ail.asp?ID=329 I didn't think they could get that high, let alote hover or take off. The AS350B2 (smaller engine version) owns the record for altitude. Somewhere arough 42,000' and some change.
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