Posted on 04/23/2013 9:58:14 PM PDT by Jyotishi
The interesting thing to me is that the Chinese helicopters can operate at that altitude.
Ladakh is the top of the world.
Nothing like China provoking both Japan and India (to say nothing of Vietnam) in border disputes...
Who’s running their foreign office?
I have suspected that China is arming Pakistan for a long time.
The tentacles of the Chinese are reaching further and further.
9,800 feet. Did China steal helicopter technology from the U.S.?
China has been mucking with India for a long time.
Oops! Did we build some roads into Bhutan or Andhra Pradesh and claim it as ours?
So Solly..
Try 16k-18K feet.
Leh sits at almost 12K ft
> Try 16k-18K feet.
Thanks, but that can’t be right because I got my info from Wikipedia! /sarc.
Great pic. They ought to hold motorcross up there.
It depends on where in the Ladakh range they were.
Leh is like 12k ft.
Kardung La is 18K ft
High-Altitude Helicopter Rescue Sets Record
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2011/05/record-setting-high-altitude-helicopter-rescue-in-alaska/
Flying airliners at altitudes of 35,000 feet is routine. But helicopters, with their relatively small rotary wings, struggle in thin air. Hermansky was flying a Eurocopter AS350 B3, commonly known as an “AStar.” The same model made headlines several years ago when a test pilot briefly touched down on the summit of Mt. Everest.
Most folks are just lucky to make it up there.
That is amazing.
I know guys that flew choppers in Afghanistan.
I would not want to be on board even if there was no shooting.
GIVING EVEREST THE BIRD
The arrival of high-altitude helicopters on Mount Everest and other Nepalese peaks has transformed search-and-rescue and saved lives. But the choppers have also added to the chaos at the top of the world—and introduced a deadly new brand of danger.
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/mountaineering/Giving-Everest-the-Bird.html
I bet he had zero payload and struggled.
Helicopter on Everest makes History
http://www.greatoutdoors.com/published/helicopter-on-everest-makes-history
Amazing.
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