Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s indigenously developed Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) demonstrated high altitude capability in hot and high weather conditions in the Himalayas recently for about 10 days.
The Army version of LUH is now ready for initial operational clearance.
LUH took off from Leh and demonstrated its hot and high hover performance at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) at 5000 MAMSL.
Metres above sea level is commonly abbreviated mamsl or MAMSL, based on the abbreviation AMSL for “above mean sea level”.