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Taking off from Lukla...took a group of Norwegian scientists as high as I could, puttered out around FL150 and had to drop them off on a glacier...

Got the skis strapped on



Full throttle, ready to roll



Got to bank into that valley to build some steam to climb into the glacier valley



Made it!  Get off my aircraft!!!  I have a schedule to meet!



Spooling back up, take off isn't going to be easy at this altitude...



Yeah take off didn't happen, let's just hang out here and wait for search and rescue...*engine sputters out*

I like the third pic the best.. You have some really nice looking clouds.

Whats one of the most important rules of flying?  Never land anywhere from which you can't take off!

We'll miss you!

Without SAR, you gonna be SOL!

Cool pics BTW!

BigTruck,

Guess right about now you wish you were with the 10th Mountain Division insead of the Marines, huh?  So much for all that desert warfare training.  

best,

...................john

Great screenies and a great airplane.

[quote]BigTruck,

Guess right about now you wish you were with the 10th Mountain Division insead of the Marines, huh?

Funny story  ;)

(nice shots too, can't imagine how hard it is to land on a slopey mountain)

We'll miss you!

Without SAR, you gonna be SOL!

Cool pics BTW!

SAR never showed up so we just took the skis off the wheels and rode them down, the plane was written off

Cool experiment! I tried that once with the same results.
We might need to consider a chopper next time

Your skies are awesome too! Not as dramatic as Bob's but definitely up there with him. Shame we don't have such a thing in FS9 ... well, officially that is :-?

Cool experiment! I tried that once with the same results.
We might need to consider a chopper next time

Your skies are awesome too! Not as dramatic as Bob's but definitely up there with him. Shame we don't have such a thing in FS9 ... well, officially that is :-?

Thanks Harold, I know what you mean about Bob's skies, pretty tough to compete with his  ;D