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Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Warty » Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:45 pm

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Sat 6th Feb 2021, Time: 8pm UTC/GMT/UK time. Departing from Biratnagar (VNVT).

Route: Biratnagar (VNVT) via Lamidanda (VNLD) for break then up to Lukla (VNLK) and visiting the local helipads amongst the foothills of Everest, (Phakding 8,571 ft, Kongde 13,614 ft, Thame 12,485 ft, Gokyo 15,592 ft, Gorak Shep 16,417 ft, Chukhung 15,527 ft, Dingboche 14,144 ft, Pheriche 13,796 ft and Tengboche 12,690 ft) finishing up at Syangboche (VNSB).

Comms: TeamSpeak (http://www.fguk.me/forum/radio-comms/20-team-speak3-server-details)

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http://www.fguk.me/forum/saturday-night-flying/8777-sat-6th-feb-2021-himalayan-hilly-heli-hopping
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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Warty » Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:13 pm

Greetings from Syangboche :D

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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Johan G » Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:52 pm

Am I seeing a hot pool? :P
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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Warty » Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:19 am

Yes you are! There's very little electricity up there and not much wood so when we were negotiating the Wart'sUp franchises we agreed to source the fuel locally for the hot tubs.

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Just follow them round with a shovel to get all the dung-cake fuel you need

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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Johan G » Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:59 am

Thanks for a good (dung fueled?) laugh. :lol:
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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby J-ROME » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:11 pm

That was great thank you very much!

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http://treknxplore.com/gallery/FG/HHHH_02062021/

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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Warty » Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:43 am

And thanks for joining us. It was quite a challenging flight.
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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby J-ROME » Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:57 am

eventually, you may find tiles from Google imagery (scale 1:2000) here:

http://treknxplore.com/FG/Scenery/Ortho ... 20/e086n27
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Re: Himalayan Hilly Heli Hopping

Postby Warty » Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:48 pm

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