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Not
unfounded is the small airport of Lukla (Nepal), at the foot of the
mighty Mount Everest, perhaps the most dangerous airport in the world!
Only a few specially trained pilots dare even to approach at Lukla.
Touch and go: Impossible! |
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De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AET, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AFA, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AFA, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AFA, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AFA, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AEV, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AEV, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AEV, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AET, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AET & N9-AEV, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
(Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) | De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-AFA, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Am Fusse des Mount Everest |
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Lukla lies at 2'866 meters above sea level and is regarded as the most important origin and destination of many Himalayan expeditions. The season, normally, will end by late November every year. Lukla was formerly made with some sheepfolds, and as Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa Tensing on 29th May 1953 for the first time the climb Mount Everest (8'847 m), emerged in the following years, the first modest accommodation for climbers who participated in Mount Everest expeditions. In 1964,
at the request of Hillary, began the construction of a gravel track
which was initially only used by Pilatus Porter PC-6’s. Today there will
take-off and land, on this 500 m. runway which was paved in 2001,
aircrafts such as the De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, Dornier Do-228,
Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter, as well as helicopters of various types. After an extended period of bad weather, which kept us 7 days to inactivity, the weather appear to getting better, and finally, the flight-operations could be resumed. During this time around 2’500 stranded climbers are "jammed" in waiting on their departure (flight) to Kathmandu; like my companion and me! On the first flight day there were more than 50 landings on the small Mountain-airstrip at Lukla. |
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Dornier Do-228 N9-AHS, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AHS, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AHS, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AHS, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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Dornier Do-228 N9-AHS, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Pilatus PC-6 “Turbo Porter”N9-AUI, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Pilatus PC-6 “Turbo Porter”N9-AUI, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Pilatus PC-6 “Turbo Porter”N9-AUI, Tara Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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Dornier Do-228 N9-AIE, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIE, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIE, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIG, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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Dornier Do-228 N9-AIE, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIG, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIH, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIH, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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Dornier Do-228 N9-AHA, Sita Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIG, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIG, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Dornier Do-228 N9-AIG, Agni Air (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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If you want to take stunning pictures of take-offs and landings, coupled with a fantastic backdrop of the Himalayan mountain range, then you will find it in Lukla! However, you should meet the following requirements: Good health, enough leisure time, open to any itinerary changes (weather) and probably most important: "No fear of flying!"
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Royal Nepal Airlines |
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Sita Air |
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Amazing view from the cockpit of a DHC-6 Twin Otter on final (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-ABO, Royal Nepal Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-ABO, Royal Nepal Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, N9-ABO, Royal Nepal Airlines (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Aerospatiale Ecureuil AS350, N9-AJE, Mountain Helicopters (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Aerospatiale Ecureuil AS350, N9-AJE, Mountain Helicopters (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Kawasaki BK117, N9-AEL, Simrik (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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Aerospatiale Ecureuil AS350, N9-AJJ, Mountain Helicopters (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Aerospatiale Ecureuil AS350, N9-AFQ, Dynasty Heli Services, (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
Bell Jet Ranger 206B N9-AIIFishtail Air, (Picture courtesy Guido Buehlmann) |
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