Top of the World: photos from Nepal
@Vertical Freedom
I see the differences between your working environment - and mine.
Where I have an IFR equipped twin engine helicopter with a co pilot, lots of wires "downstairs", which makes low flying underneath the clouds - if vis is bad, a real pain, looking for these f...... wires you know they are there any second now....
you are single pilot in a single engine helicopter with giant mountains around and a density altitude, which I can imagine, makes autorotation a little more demanding then doing it more or less sea level....
So for me going VFR on top (or IFR) is a reliev, while for you it brings up this gut feeling and a higher workload.
Still, cool working place ;-)
I see the differences between your working environment - and mine.
Where I have an IFR equipped twin engine helicopter with a co pilot, lots of wires "downstairs", which makes low flying underneath the clouds - if vis is bad, a real pain, looking for these f...... wires you know they are there any second now....
you are single pilot in a single engine helicopter with giant mountains around and a density altitude, which I can imagine, makes autorotation a little more demanding then doing it more or less sea level....
So for me going VFR on top (or IFR) is a reliev, while for you it brings up this gut feeling and a higher workload.
Still, cool working place ;-)
VF - Were you involved in any of the flying on the newish (2015) Everest film? - not sure when it was filmed but some amazing, and now familiar, scenery thanks to you and this thread. Keep up the amazing pics posting
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Last edited by Vertical Freedom; 4th Feb 2016 at 04:07.
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Another day in the Hills
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