Helicopter Lands On Matterhorn
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The Swiss “glaci Bagnoud, on Saturday to land a helicopter on The 31-year-old pilot and director of the charter flight company. Air Glacier, set his Alouette HI helicopter down on the 60ft-long, sft-wide summit ridge for a “short moment” and then flew off. The Matterhorn is 14,780 feet. “It wasn’t easy," he said
ZERMATT, July 25. ier pilot”, Mr Bruno • became the first flyer top of the Matterhorn. afterwards. “You know, there isn’t a lot of space, and the strong Alpine winds make it tricky to balance your bird.” During the manoeuvre, Mr Bagnoud, who was accompanied by a mechanic, did not shut down the rotors. He said he made the attempt as an experiment to gain experience in rescuing stranded or injured climbers from tricky spots. Mr Bagnoud is a member of Switzerland’s small group of "glacier pilots” who specialise in flying out mountaineers who get into trouble. He has an estimated 100 life-saving missions to his credit
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31121, 26 July 1966, Page 17
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