"Morgans" wrote in news:nZgbf.9820$7s1.8171
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"Darrel Toepfer" wrote

That *record* (landing on Everest) was reported to be a hoax...

I haven't heard about any other attempts...

Only in the way that "landing" was defined. It just briefly "rested" one
skid on the summit, but never really stopped flying.

Well, let's be realistic. The summit isn't exactly in the
right shape to land a chopper on both skids and neutralize
the collective. Unless somebody builds a landing platform
or levels the top of the mountain, a 'real' landing isn't
possible. Somehow I expect even proposing such would meet
quite vocal resistance. The chopper may have been hovering
at zero AGL, but it was stable and people probably could
have gotten on or off the aircraft. For all intents and
purposes, it's a record, at least in my opinion.

Also, in the context of the discussion, the point is that a
helicopter has been demostrated as being able to fly at the
altitudes in question.

Brian
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