Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 14:42:15 GMT -5
Lukla airport, in vincinity ot Mount Everest, has one of the most diffcult and spectacular approachs in the world. The airport was built in 1964 under the supervision of Edmund Hillary, who originally intended to build the airport on flat farmlands. However, local farmers did not want to give up their land, so the airport was built at its current position. Hillary bought the land from local Sherpas for US$2,650 and involved them in building the facilities.
The particular situation of the airport makes it impossible to get an acceptable AI traffic there. Almost.
This French Sud Aviation Alouette III (maybe on demonstration tour) flies from Kathmandu to Lukla, stays an over night there and goes back to Kathmandu.
Later landing at Lukla ...
… and takes off there next day.
In fact these are two aircraft using two different Afcads, one for approach from south to north, the other for departure from north to south. Both aircraft initially start from a fake airport, use a suitable waypoint and are replaced at Lukla during night.
Even if this flight is purly fictious, the Alouette III had notched up successes very quickly. In June 1960, the first prototype landed on the summit of Mont Blanc with seven people on board, demonstrating its excellent performance at high altitudes. Some months later, in November 1960, the 2nd prototype landed on the summit of the Deo Tibba mountain in the Himalayas at an altitude of more than 6,000 m during a demonstration in India. During a demonstration tour in Africa, the Alouette III landed on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, some 6,000 metres above sea level and then on the summit of Mount Kenya, 5,500 m above sea level, a few days later. The helicopter quickly established itself as a helicopter capable of flying at very high altitudes.
Bernard
The particular situation of the airport makes it impossible to get an acceptable AI traffic there. Almost.
This French Sud Aviation Alouette III (maybe on demonstration tour) flies from Kathmandu to Lukla, stays an over night there and goes back to Kathmandu.
Later landing at Lukla ...
… and takes off there next day.
In fact these are two aircraft using two different Afcads, one for approach from south to north, the other for departure from north to south. Both aircraft initially start from a fake airport, use a suitable waypoint and are replaced at Lukla during night.
Even if this flight is purly fictious, the Alouette III had notched up successes very quickly. In June 1960, the first prototype landed on the summit of Mont Blanc with seven people on board, demonstrating its excellent performance at high altitudes. Some months later, in November 1960, the 2nd prototype landed on the summit of the Deo Tibba mountain in the Himalayas at an altitude of more than 6,000 m during a demonstration in India. During a demonstration tour in Africa, the Alouette III landed on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, some 6,000 metres above sea level and then on the summit of Mount Kenya, 5,500 m above sea level, a few days later. The helicopter quickly established itself as a helicopter capable of flying at very high altitudes.
Bernard