Originally Posted by click sidious
French create totally unwanted world record.
The french are seeming dumber and dumber every time they are in the news.
So a French corporation created one of the most stable, easy to fly, and reliable civilian helicopters around... what better publicity can you get than to show that your design can do things that some military-grade helicopters could not?
It proves that it's an excellent search and rescue helicopter, and what better benchmark can you find than the world's tallest mountain?