The Nepal STOL Mission 3
Flying in the Himalayas, with the terrain above me! That was a challenge I could not resist. I applied immediately for the job, got an
26. juli 2016
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I Captain Stein Arne Fossum together with colleagues from Widerøe Airline of Norway was on a STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) mission in Nepal for ICAO in the mid eighties. We where operating the UN Twin Otter on all the famous STOL ports in Nepal.
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The Nepal STOL Mission 2
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The Nepal STOL mission 1
As I have written about the What, Why, How and When´s and my views on Airmanship, I will now turn over to the practical and maybe
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