From February 10 to 21, 2025, the helicopter high altitude landing course of the Austrian Armed Forces took place from 10 to 21 February 2025 – for training and further education as well as to obtain the qualification for high-altitude landings. The exercises were carried out in Styria, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper Austria and Carinthia.
Helicopters of all four types operated by the Austrian Armed Forces (OH-58, AB-212, AW169, S-70A-42) were stationed in Aigen im Ennstaal and flew their training missions from there.
Pictures by Claudia Jerabek:
Pictures by Werner Paur:
Pictures by Markus Valoch:
Pictures by Michael Weinberger:
The training objectives of the high mountain landing course include:
- Learning and practicing take-offs and landings at high altitudes (over 3,000 meters).
- Getting to know the performance parameters and flight characteristics of the respective helicopters at high altitudes.
- The calculation and practical testing of the maximum permissible take-off and landing mass for a specific landing site.
- Experiencing and coping with physical and mental stress in high-altitude flight and applying appropriate countermeasures to safeguard the flight.
- Flying meteorological phenomena such as foehn winds, downdrafts and rapidly changing weather conditions.
- Recognizing and avoiding existing obstacles such as ropes, power lines and lifts.
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A short video from Italy impressively shows the dangers to which helicopter flying is exposed in the high mountains.
Claudia Jerabek, Werner Paur, Markus Valoch and Michael Weinberger have agreed to make their photos from Aigen available exclusively for this photo series. The pictures are exclusively for a one-time publication on militaeraktuell.at only. The copyright remains with the photographers. Here for further army news.
