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Awesome pics Oak!!! I love the ones you got of them hovering over the river loading!!!
I remember back in 1992 watching a Skycrane fly A/C units onto the roof of the mall by where we lived. They did renovations on one of the "anchor" stores of the mall and put in about 10 to 15 new units.
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dain555 wrote:Awesome pics Oak!!! I love the ones you got of them hovering over the river loading!!!
I remember back in 1992 watching a Skycrane fly A/C units onto the roof of the mall by where we lived. They did renovations on one of the "anchor" stores of the mall and put in about 10 to 15 new units. Thanks Dain! I really enjoyed watching them do their business! I would really like to see a skycrane do some heavy lifting. I have only seen a few and they are usually just sitting at the airport. These were the first ones i saw in action and man was it impressive!
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Nice chopper shots like the Skycrane but Bell Jet Ranger cool looking also.Recall watching the skycrane removing our Capital's high statue figurehead on TV long ago think it was Ericksons exciting even on TV !
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Superb  It must take quite a bit of skill to hold the helicopter in position when loading up with water from the river. I was taking some photos of a S92 rescue helicopter that was landing an injured man a week ago and although I was approximately 40-50 feet away the downdraft was blowing me off my feet.
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Those air cranes have always amazed me man. That was the first bird I ever saw fly a turn of logs. Fantastic photos.
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cHEt, the sky crane that removed the Capital statue was named BUBBA after that job. The company I worked for used them to remove old and set new power poles at a mall in Victor, NY (East of Rochester). That Company was great to work with. They named it BUBBA because Clinton was pres at the time(The pilot told me this). They are amazing aircraft.
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FANTASTIC PICTURES, thanks for sharing. My prayers to the people where these fires are raging.
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Interesting bit of trivia thanks Wes, cool to see the pilot in the special side bubble window looking down like threading a needle !
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Chet,
The pilot can also sit behind the front seat(looking out the rear to operate the crane) and control the bird from there, so he can control the load and the chopper with everything in his view.
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That is one versatile chopper Wes never knew that lucky to be near the real thing. I used to have a model with a mobile hospital that tucked nicely between the leg struts !Also have somewhere an old SKYCRANE toy with a working detailed console like a U-FLY. It flew on a thin wire filament lowered,raised,lifted even a spinning rotor and everything one rare toy ! When toys were cool !
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