Post by ddave on Jan 4, 2011 20:17:13 GMT 1
Hi Guys.
In November i went out to Nepal to do the Everest Base Camp trek on behalf of a childrens cancer charity that i am heavilly involved with, the charity was set up by friends who had lost children to Neuroblastoma - a very high risk cancer that affects children, mainly under 5 years old, i lost my only son to it in Oct 2006. While over in Nepal i flew into the "world famous Lukla airport" - that was fun - lol, while there was not much time for logging i did manage to log this lot at various points durin the trip.
We set out from LHR from T4 on 15th Nov on Jet Airways flight 9W 0121 VT-JEK, a 9 1/2 hour overnight flight to Delhi, a reasonable flight, very comfy seats and lovely food but IFE a bit limited.Logged at LHR -
G-CIVL BA 747
G-EUYJ BA 320 ****
G-YMMT BA 777
LZ-FBE Bulgaria Air 320
N641UA United 767
SU-GDS Egypt 330
VT-JEK Jet 777 - our flight out
On arrival at Delhi we had over 90 mins to get to our connecting flight to Kathmandu - more than enough time we though - unfortunatly Delhi's poor infrasructure made that time soon dissapear. We docked at gate 10 - our flight out was at gate 11 next to us but we had to trek 2KM ( yes - 2 kilometers) to the transfer security desk to be checked, now im all for as much security as possible on airliners but delhi needs a good wake up call - the queues were ridiculous and made worse by the shocking lack of organization - so next time your stuck at security i can tell you that here in the UK we are brilliant at it compared to some places, all it needs is a little organization. The airport itself looks amazing, lots of new terminal buildings and lots of space, not nuch chance to log anything though before we jumped on to out Jet Light flight to KTM flight no S2 0501 VT-SJH, just these few logged -
HS-TJD Thai 777 ****
VT-PPK Air India A321 ****
VT-SJH Jet Light 737 **** - flight to KTM
80 minutes later we were at KTM, with this place being so small there was no room for the aircraft to dock so we sat on the runway for 45 mins waiting, once we moved we taxied past these -
A9C-BAW A319 Bahrain Air ****
A5-RGF A319 Druk Air
HS-TJE 777 Thai ****
There was lots parked on the domestic ramp which i managed to log on later days plus many wrecks parked all around the airport.
On the 18th Nov we set of from KTM to Lukla to start the Everest Trek, up at 4 to get the first flight to Lukla, flight delayed by several hours due to poor weather both at KTM and Lukla ( fog) - this lot logged at Lukla while taxying
9N-ABT DHC-6 Nepal Airlines ****
9N-ACB 757 Nepal Airlines ****
9N-AEE Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AEV DHC-6 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AEX AS.350 Ecureuil ****
9N-AFX DHC-6 Yeti Airlines **** - our flight to Lukla
9N-AGH Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AHA D.228 Sita Air ****
9N-AHS D.228 Gorkha Air ****
9N-AHU Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AHV Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIM ATR-42 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIN ATR-42 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIO Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIP Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIT ATR-42 Buddan Air (scrape ex-SP-KCN seen at MAN)
A9C-BAX A319 Bahrain Air ****
We landed at Lukla 45 mins later, if you have never seen videos or pics of Lukla - go to you tube and check it out, it was named top of the 10 most dangerous airports in a recent documentary. Landing is done uphill with cross winds from the mountains and you land towards a mountain - no chance of go arounds here, its land OK or BANG ( as we were to see later on)
On arrival at Lukla there was
9N-AHB D.228 Sita Air **** - later seen minus front nose and engine due to a long landing
Over the next two weeks in the Himalayas we saw several rescue copters
9N-AFQ AS350 ****
9N-AJI AS350 ****
Plus other un idents
We made Base camp on 26th - a tremendous feeling and started our decent the next day. On the 30th we flew back to Kathmandu from Lukla - seen at Lukla -
9N-AEV DHC-6 Yeti
9N-AGQ D.228 Yeti **** - our flight to KTM
9N-AIJ D.228 Agni Airlines ***
9N-AJH D.228 Agni Airlines ****
9N-AHS D.228
9N-AIU Pilatus PC-6 Yeti ****
On arrival at KTM this lot were logged (without duplicates)
9N-AEK Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AEL MBB BK-117 ****
9N-AGL Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIK AS.350 ****
9N-AIQ Jetstream 41 Agni Air ****
9N-RAJ Puma ****
G-CGPT Falcon900 **** fancy copping a UK biz here - lol
RAN-20 HS748 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-38 Mil MI-8 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-41 An-28 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-48 An-28 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
Some nice stuff there and more to come on the way out to the UK.
And so it was off to the hotel for a good drink then back to UK 2 days later - will post the remaining logs later
I did manage a few pics at Lukla - they have just been uploaded to my photo site along with pics from
Wellesbourne wings and wheels 20th June
Popham starlight charity day 18th Aug
1st EK 380 at MAN 1st Sept
LAA fly-in Sywell 3/4 Sept
Paris CDG day out 18th Sept ( inc a pic of my mrs pretending shes not bored - lol)
Coventry Help for heros fly-in 26 Sept
davehenshaw.fotopic.net/
Due to lazyness i have only just uploaded these and done my logs so there are some "bummers" in there which need deleting
Dave
davehenshaw.fotopic.net/
In November i went out to Nepal to do the Everest Base Camp trek on behalf of a childrens cancer charity that i am heavilly involved with, the charity was set up by friends who had lost children to Neuroblastoma - a very high risk cancer that affects children, mainly under 5 years old, i lost my only son to it in Oct 2006. While over in Nepal i flew into the "world famous Lukla airport" - that was fun - lol, while there was not much time for logging i did manage to log this lot at various points durin the trip.
We set out from LHR from T4 on 15th Nov on Jet Airways flight 9W 0121 VT-JEK, a 9 1/2 hour overnight flight to Delhi, a reasonable flight, very comfy seats and lovely food but IFE a bit limited.Logged at LHR -
G-CIVL BA 747
G-EUYJ BA 320 ****
G-YMMT BA 777
LZ-FBE Bulgaria Air 320
N641UA United 767
SU-GDS Egypt 330
VT-JEK Jet 777 - our flight out
On arrival at Delhi we had over 90 mins to get to our connecting flight to Kathmandu - more than enough time we though - unfortunatly Delhi's poor infrasructure made that time soon dissapear. We docked at gate 10 - our flight out was at gate 11 next to us but we had to trek 2KM ( yes - 2 kilometers) to the transfer security desk to be checked, now im all for as much security as possible on airliners but delhi needs a good wake up call - the queues were ridiculous and made worse by the shocking lack of organization - so next time your stuck at security i can tell you that here in the UK we are brilliant at it compared to some places, all it needs is a little organization. The airport itself looks amazing, lots of new terminal buildings and lots of space, not nuch chance to log anything though before we jumped on to out Jet Light flight to KTM flight no S2 0501 VT-SJH, just these few logged -
HS-TJD Thai 777 ****
VT-PPK Air India A321 ****
VT-SJH Jet Light 737 **** - flight to KTM
80 minutes later we were at KTM, with this place being so small there was no room for the aircraft to dock so we sat on the runway for 45 mins waiting, once we moved we taxied past these -
A9C-BAW A319 Bahrain Air ****
A5-RGF A319 Druk Air
HS-TJE 777 Thai ****
There was lots parked on the domestic ramp which i managed to log on later days plus many wrecks parked all around the airport.
On the 18th Nov we set of from KTM to Lukla to start the Everest Trek, up at 4 to get the first flight to Lukla, flight delayed by several hours due to poor weather both at KTM and Lukla ( fog) - this lot logged at Lukla while taxying
9N-ABT DHC-6 Nepal Airlines ****
9N-ACB 757 Nepal Airlines ****
9N-AEE Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AEV DHC-6 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AEX AS.350 Ecureuil ****
9N-AFX DHC-6 Yeti Airlines **** - our flight to Lukla
9N-AGH Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AHA D.228 Sita Air ****
9N-AHS D.228 Gorkha Air ****
9N-AHU Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AHV Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIM ATR-42 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIN ATR-42 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIO Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIP Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines ****
9N-AIT ATR-42 Buddan Air (scrape ex-SP-KCN seen at MAN)
A9C-BAX A319 Bahrain Air ****
We landed at Lukla 45 mins later, if you have never seen videos or pics of Lukla - go to you tube and check it out, it was named top of the 10 most dangerous airports in a recent documentary. Landing is done uphill with cross winds from the mountains and you land towards a mountain - no chance of go arounds here, its land OK or BANG ( as we were to see later on)
On arrival at Lukla there was
9N-AHB D.228 Sita Air **** - later seen minus front nose and engine due to a long landing
Over the next two weeks in the Himalayas we saw several rescue copters
9N-AFQ AS350 ****
9N-AJI AS350 ****
Plus other un idents
We made Base camp on 26th - a tremendous feeling and started our decent the next day. On the 30th we flew back to Kathmandu from Lukla - seen at Lukla -
9N-AEV DHC-6 Yeti
9N-AGQ D.228 Yeti **** - our flight to KTM
9N-AIJ D.228 Agni Airlines ***
9N-AJH D.228 Agni Airlines ****
9N-AHS D.228
9N-AIU Pilatus PC-6 Yeti ****
On arrival at KTM this lot were logged (without duplicates)
9N-AEK Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AEL MBB BK-117 ****
9N-AGL Beech 1900 Buddah Air ****
9N-AIK AS.350 ****
9N-AIQ Jetstream 41 Agni Air ****
9N-RAJ Puma ****
G-CGPT Falcon900 **** fancy copping a UK biz here - lol
RAN-20 HS748 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-38 Mil MI-8 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-41 An-28 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
RAN-48 An-28 Royal Nepal Army Air Service ****
Some nice stuff there and more to come on the way out to the UK.
And so it was off to the hotel for a good drink then back to UK 2 days later - will post the remaining logs later
I did manage a few pics at Lukla - they have just been uploaded to my photo site along with pics from
Wellesbourne wings and wheels 20th June
Popham starlight charity day 18th Aug
1st EK 380 at MAN 1st Sept
LAA fly-in Sywell 3/4 Sept
Paris CDG day out 18th Sept ( inc a pic of my mrs pretending shes not bored - lol)
Coventry Help for heros fly-in 26 Sept
davehenshaw.fotopic.net/
Due to lazyness i have only just uploaded these and done my logs so there are some "bummers" in there which need deleting
Dave
davehenshaw.fotopic.net/
