delsalle in A Sentence

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    The company executives finally relented and gave Delsalle some time(and a helicopter) to test his hypothesis.

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    And that's exactly what French fighter pilot Didier Delsalle did when he conquered Everest in a product of human ingenuity- the Eurocopter Ecureuil AS350 B3 helicopter.

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    And so it was that on the morning of May 14, 2005, Delsalle slipped on two pairs of thermal underwear under his flight suit and took off.

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    Once there, while conducting recon on the mountain, Delsalle cemented his reputation as an all round awesome guy by taking the time to rescue two stranded Japanese climbers.

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    After a number of additional tests proved that the helicopter would in theory have no trouble landing on Everest's peak, Delsalle and his trusty helicopter headed to Nepal.

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    But here's the best part- when Delsalle landed and went to check the recordings documenting his amazing accomplishment, the computer showed zero files where the recordings should have been.

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    Delsalle then took the helicopter and flew it to 29,500 feet, about 6,500 feet above the helicopter's listed maximum operating altitude and around 500 feet higher than the peak of Everest.

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    Amusingly, nobody climbing the mountain that day had any idea that Delsalle was planning on doing this and reports later flooded in to Nepalese authorities about a random helicopter seen flying around the summit.

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    Although Delsalle is the first and so far only person in history to land a helicopter on the summit of the world's highest peak, likeminded daredevils and pilots have been trying to do exactly that since at least the early 1970s.

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    Like Boulet before him, Delsalle broached the subject of landing a helicopter on Everest with the company he flew helicopters for(in this case Eurocopter) and was similarly stonewalled by killjoy executives who didn't want to deal with the negative PR if he crashed.

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    Rather than waiting to see if the data could be recovered(and presumably not wanting to endure doubters for any longer than absolutely necessary), Delsalle instead opted to just do it all over again the very next day- this time making sure the recording equipment was functioning.

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    As for the ascent, this was not quite as easy as simply rising to the necessary altitude- Delsalle had to deal with some pretty remarkable up and down drafts, which is one of the reasons even today helicopter rescues at extreme altitudes on Everest are a rarity.

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