LongRanger achieves high-altitude record
BELL HELICOPTER Textron has set a new company record for high-altitude operations after a Model 206L-4 LongRanger climbed to 19,300ft (5,880m) to rescue the crew of a Pakistan army Aerospatiale SA.315 Lama which had crashed in the Himalayas.
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