Re: Is Virgin Galactic for Real?



Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:


"The helicopter rescue of two
injured climbers from 20,000ft on the slopes of Everest -- well short of
the summit -- a decade or so ago was the highest in history, and so
difficult that it won the pilot several awards for bravery."

Since then the record has been broken. That's what I was correcting.



So what is the highest helicopter flight?
The Lama, the Lama, the Lama!
It has three rotor blades, two skids, and a beak for eating honey:

Altitude without payload : 12 442 m

Date of flight: 21/06/1972
Pilot: Jean BOULET (France)
Course/place: Aérodrome d'Istres (France)

Rotorcraft:
SA 315 Lama (1 Turboméca Artouste III B, 735 kW)



Pat "Nine Toes" Flannery
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