Lt. Col. Madan K.C., rotary wing commander, Royal Nepalese Army
When Lt. Col. Madan K.C. agreed to fly his Ecureuil (Squirrel) AS350 B2 single-engine helicopter from Katmandu in Nepal to the slopes of Mount Everest on May 13, 1996, he was taking on a rescue mission that several civil helicopter operators had turned down. But Madan, a rotary wing commander in the...
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