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New russian helicopter can land on top of Mount Everest, never ages

13 pointsby the-kennyover 14 years ago

6 comments

furyg3over 14 years ago
What's up with the whacky accent? I hear this in demonstration / marketing videos from big industrial companies all the time, and I can't figure out why you'd want someone who speaks so oddly.<p>"We need a professional sounding English narrator. British accent, of course, it's more refined. But not a native speaker... that's too ordinary. We need someone who's faking a British accent. Also, random word emphasis is a plus."
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noonespecialover 14 years ago
Perhaps an exciting first step to retrieving all of the human remains and the litter that's accumulated on the ascent over the years? Clean up the joint a bit?
wyboover 14 years ago
Wasn't this done already?<p><a href="http://www.everestnews.com/stories2005/everestcopter05272005.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.everestnews.com/stories2005/everestcopter05272005...</a>
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shortlivedover 14 years ago
No according to the article, it can fly as high as Mount Everest, but that is a lot different than landing on the peak.
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varjagover 14 years ago
Looks like Mi-8 after a facelift.
zwadiaover 14 years ago
That's truly amazing because I can't recollect a Helicopter that big making it to 8,800m as they claim. Usually it is very light copters that can do that. Clearly the Indian army will want to get their hands on this as they operate in the highest battlefield on earth: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_Glacier" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_Glacier</a><p>Evacuating troops and dropping supplies there is difficult to put it lightly.
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