Helicopter Charter in Nepal, Rescue & Evacuation, Heli Tour in Nepal
Officials from SN POWER took a flight to Kabili Khola (Taplejung) for aerial sight survey and an accredited inspection of the ongoing Hydro power project at the river. Fishtail Air’s 9N AJI (AS350 B3) under command of our very own humorous Captain Deepak JB Rana completed the mission as was planned.
We hope we can help them in many other ways in near future.
Officials of SN Power
Medevac from BPKHIS Dharan
Mr. Anil Gurung a resident of Dharan, Sunsari realized that his father’s deteriorating health condition needed immediate medical treatment which could only be undertaken at the Capital. Subsequently he contacted Fishtail Air at the earliest considering his critical condition along with the need to chase time. Our 9N-AIK (AS350 B) was forthwith flown to Dharan B.P.K.H.I.S Hospital under the command of Capt Ashish Sherchan. The Medevac was successfully completed as the patient was flown to Kathmandu with two paramedics and Mr. Gurung himself onboard.
Fishtail Air team wishes Mr. Gurung the earliest recovery.
Another fellow adventurer was a victim of misfortune when he fractured his arm and a leg while on his way at Chola Pass (5420m) on the 20th of January 2011. French lone trekker Dominique Alvernhe was marooned at Chola Pass Glacier for about two days before he could finally contact his parents back home who quickly relayed the above event to the French Embassy in Nepal. Fishtail Air was immediately given the green signal by the embassy to carry out the rescue.
Our veteran pilots Capt. Deepak J.B Rana and Capt. Ashish Sherchan took off from Kathmandu at 1500 hours on the 21st of Jan. as soon as the location of Dominique was relayed. With some Sherpa guides onboard 9N-AJI (AS 350 B3) to help our chopper carried out a reconnaissance over head the location. They somehow located Dominique but due to very strong winds, we had to give in to mother nature and terminate the mission on the 21st. 22nd of Jan, early morning Dominique was eventually evacuated to safety and flown to Kathmandu whereby a standby ambulance from Norvic International Hospital took over Dominique’s health and drove him to the hospital for immediate treatment. The whole dramatic operation was conducted in co-ordination with the French Embassy in Nepal and Dominique Alvernhe’s parents. We hope Dominique’s treatment goes faster and that he can get back to his love for adventure soon enough. Fishtail Air shall carry on helping the ones in need and we hope to cut down on the calculated risks adventurers wish to take.
Everest Skydive 2010
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of performing acrobatics during freefall, followed by deployment of a parachute. The history of skydiving starts with Andre-Jacques Garnerin who made successful parachute jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting technology as a way to save aircrews from emergencies aboard balloons and aircraft in flight, later as a way of delivering soldiers to the battlefield. Early competitions date back to the 1930s, and it became an international sport in 1952.
A typical jump involves individuals jumping out of an aircraft (usually an airplane, but sometimes a helicopter at approximately 4,000 meters (around 13,000 feet) altitude, and free-falling for a period of time (about a minute) before activating a parachute to slow the landing down to safe speeds (about 5 to 7 minutes). By manipulating the shape of the body a skydiver can generate turns, forward motion, backwards motion, and even lift. Skydivers reach terminal velocity (around 120 mph (190 km/h) for belly to Earth orientations, 150-200 mph (240–320 km/h) for head down orientations) and are no longer accelerating towards the ground. At this point the sensation is as of a forceful wind. Many people make their first jump with an experienced and trained instructor – this type of skydive may be in the form of a tandem skydive. During the tandem jump the instructor is responsible for emergency procedures in the unlikely event that they will be needed, therefore freeing the student to concentrate on learning to skydive.
Everest Skydive
Everest Skydive 2008: On 4th of October at 0617hours Wendy Smith from New Zealand & Omar Alhegelan leaped from a flying Pilatus from a height of 22,000ft to initiate the jump in Nepal and to give birth to a new adventure tourism product in Nepal and the world watched in awe. Over the next couple of days 41 made first time tandem jumps and experienced group skydives, making a total of 50 solos and 19 tandem descents from the height of 29,500ft, 22,500ft, 22,000ft, 19,000ft, 18,500ft and 18,000ft . The world’s attention was focused on Nepal and the small hamlet of Shyangboche, as the international media highlighted this historic event.
Everest Skydive 2009
Fishtail Air took played major part in the successful completion of the mission ‘Everest Skydive 2009’. Skydiving over 17192 ft (5542 m) Wendy Smith(an award winning aerial cinematographer and the chief co-ordinater of the mission – (wendysmithaerial.com) and Tom Noonan (a test jumper from America) made successful landings last October using Fishtail Air’s AS 350 B3 Helicopter.
Everest Skydive team with Fishtail’s AS350 B3 (our mean machine!)
On October 28, 2009 the skydiving event was held at Gorak Shep. During the event, world skydiving champion Wendy Smith from New Zealand, Global Angels ambassador and tandem master Tom Noonan and Wing Commander Jai Kishan from the Indian Air Force, made a successful landing at the Gorak Shep, Kala Patthar plateau, lying at an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,242m), right beside Mt. Everest. This is believed to be the highest skydiving stunt performed over the highest drop zone in the world.
The operation was carried out from Fishtail Air’s AS 350 B3 helicopter flown by Late Capt. Sabin Basnyat and Capt. Deepak JB Rana. The dives were performed in the early hours of 28th Oct, 2009 between 0730 to 0900. The helicopter took off with the skydiving team from Shyangboche airport and flew to a height of 23,000 feet before dropping the divers from 21,000 feet.
Prior to this event, seven skydivers from the Explore Himalaya skydiving team had performed solo and tandem jumps at Shyangboche (12,350 feet) on 16th and 17th October, 2009.
On 16th October, Five members skydived from a height of 25,000 feet .Tom Noonan (USA), Ian Bishop (Australia) and Jai Kishan (India), made solo jumps at 10:30 AM (local time). In the second group, Wendy Smith (New Zealand) jumped solo, while Ganesh Pandey (Nepal) made a tandem jump with tandem master Tom Noonan (USA) at 12:30 PM (local time).
You can check out the video: www.youtube.com
Everest Skydive 2010
On 20th October 2010, 2 veteran Skydivers Roger Hoe from England and Peter Rotelle from Germany skydived solo from 28000ft with the drop zone at Syangboche. To read more on their experience please follow the link: www.explorehimalaya.com/blog
Third year and running, Everest Skydive’s extreme aerial adventure welcomes Nepal Tourism year 2011 as the expedition will be carried out by Fishtail Air’s AS 350 B3 chopper and Tara Air’s Pilatus Porter aircraft at Syangboche. After the successful culminating events Nepal Tourism Board promotes and endorses Skydiving as a major attraction.
For detailed updates and information on the past and upcoming events you can visit: www.everest-skydive.com
Initiation of Nepal Tourism Year 2011
That was a one time experience and a kind of jubilation rarely ever done before in The Himalayan Kingdom. ‘Nepal Tourism year 2011’ was inaugurated in different parts of Nepal. One of them and probably the most extra ordinary ‘Torch Expedition 2011’ was the event organized by the Nepal Tourism Board in co-ordination with various airlines of Nepal at Mt. Ama Dablam Base Camp. Fishtail Air’s Helicopter 9N-AJI (AS350B3) played a major role in the successful and hopefully positive outcome of the above mentioned commemoration.
On the early hours of the 14th of January 2011, Captain Ashish Sherchan flew 10 officials of the tourism ministry, Nepal television crew and various other media crew to Ama Dablam Base Camp(approx. 14500ft). The plan was to start the morning by lighting a torch (flame) carried all the way from Lukla followed by massive fireworks at the base camp which was further followed by similar fireworks at camp 1, camp 2 camp 3 and the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam. Our Heli was to fly up around the summit at about 21000ft. On board were two cameramen from the media who were to take shots of the firework display along the mountain. The mission was completed without fail of any sort. We thank Mother Nature for the flawless weather. There after the crew were flown back to Lukla and some of them to Kathmandu where other events were being celebrated with a lot of positive spiritedness for the year.
We hope the best for our country and the year ahead. Let’s make this year a grand success not exclusively to have a lot of positive changes in the tourism industry this year but also to make Nepal a renowned and a welcoming Himalayan Nation for the years to follow.
-ANUSHA UDAS
Fishtail Air - Nepal Tourism Year Inauguration @ Mount Ama Dablam
Nepal Tourism Year 2011 Inauguration @ Mount Ama Dablam
Initiation of the Nepal Tourism year (NTY) – 2011 was organised like never before at Mt. Ama Dablam- base camp by the Nepal Tourism Board and Fishtail Air is proud to be a major part of the whole operation. Fishtail Air’s AS350 B3 (9N-AJI) commanded by Captain Ashish Sherchan flew Nepal’s Tourism ministery officials to Mt Ama Dablam Base Camp and the crew members of Nepal television, Terai television from Kathmandu to Lukla on the eve of 13-01-2011. On the early hours of 14-01-2011 the whole crew of 10 men were flown from Lukla to Mt Ama Dablam Base Camp whereby the inaugration took place by lighting a flame and cracking amazing fireworks. The sight of the fire and the fireworks at 14500ft was one to remember. Fishtail Air’s mean machine then overflew the summit of Mt. Ama Dablam at 20500 ft carrying two professional photographers (from Nepal television) to take the shot of fireworks being thrown in the air at camp 1 and camp. The flight was spectacular and breath taking as described by the passengers. There after the mission was complete and Captain Ashish flew the whole crew back to Lukla and some of them back to Kathmandu where more events for the initiation is taking place.
We at Fishtail Air hope this ‘Nepal Tourism Year 2011′ brings in a lot of positive effects on the tourism industry and the country as a whole and we would love to offer a lot of new heli tours as mentioned in the website and also as per your interest. Lets all join hands together to make this year a great success. For more information you can log on to: Nepal Tourism Year 2011
Nepal Tourism Year 2011
Nepal Tourism Year
NTY 2011 Inauguration
American filming crew
Fishtail Air’s AS350 B3 had a very interesting 2 day mission of site Observation for film shooting for our clients representing the FIFTY FILMS GROUP. JOHN WILLAMS , the production manager, Mr. RICK MC FARLAND and Mrs. M L WEBER were flown to the beautiful lake city- Pokhara on 9N-AJI commanded by Capt Deepak JB Rana on the 9th of January which was probably followed by a nice evening at the city. On the early hours of the 10th of Jan, the team again were flown to Dhampus (1600m) – also a part of the Annapurna Circuit whereby you have an amazing view of the Fishtail mountain(Macchapuchhre) . After three hours of ground time at Dhampus the mission was a success provided the beautiful weather.
There after our friendly film crew were flown back to the capital via Pokhara on the 10th itself.
John William and his Film Crew
How wonderfully could you possibly imagine starting a brand new year than experiencing a breath-taking scenic flight at the Everest Region from Kathmandu and back. Six of our fellow tourists from the Island nation of Japan chose this grand oppurtunity and were flown in our mean machine (9N-AJI- AS350 B3) piloted by Captain Ashish Sherchan. Only the expressions in their faces after the flight could describe the emotion they had within.
Meanwhile 5 tourists from our neighbouring nation, India made a religious visit up to one of Nepal’s most renowned pilgrimage site, Muktinath at 3798m to receive blessings for the upcoming year. Sure it must have felt divine and what a way to start the year again. Captain Siddhartha Jung Gurung was in command of the helicopter from Pokhara to Muktinath and back to Pokhara.
We at Fishtail hope you all have a wonderful year ahead.
Everest Heli Sightseeing
