Nordic Mountaineers

For many years the helicopter crews of the Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) have practised flying in mountainous terrain during deployments to Abisko in the extreme north of Sweden. Jan Jørgensen joins the new HKP 14 (NH90 TTT) on exercise. EXERCISE REPORT Swedish Mountain Flying Touchdown at a landing spot with the steep Kebnekaise massif in the background. The HKP 14D had not yet received skis for landing in snow, so a certain amount of lift was maintained on the rotor