Questions about flying in mountainous areas, and any special equipment or techniques needed to do so.
Questions tagged [mountain-flying]
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Does maximum altitude increase when pilot is acclimatised?
Normally 10,000 ft is considered safe altitude for emergency descents and 12,000 ft a maximum that can be flown in unpressurised aircraft without using supplementary oxygen.
But when flying in the mountains with a crew that normally lives at say…
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What is typical cruise altitude in the Himalayas?
An important tourist connection goes from Tribhuvan International Airport (VNKT) in Kathmandu, at 4,390 ft, to Tenzing-Hillary Airport (VNLK) in Lukla, at 9,334 ft. The mountains around Lukla quickly raise from south to north. Right around Lukla the…
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