[BC] Now, THIS is a job!

[Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD]

Dave,

TVA had a crew similar to this working their lines around 
N. Alabama in 2002.  They bunked at a hotel across the road 
from one of my clients and used an adjacent field for an 
LZ.

The chopper was fairly small and absolutely SCREAMED the 
entire time it was in the air.  I cornered one of the 
ground support crew at a nearby DQ and asked him why.

The rotors on their particular aircraft were shortened by 
several feet and WFO was the only way they would stay in 
the air.  Their crazies didn't leave the aircraft but sat 
on a platform off the side to replace insulators.  The 
rotors were short enough that they could go below and come 
up between horizontal runs of 500kv triplex lines.  The 
pilots could hold the helo absolutely still for several 
minutes while the crazy inspected or replaced insulators 
between the triplex HV wire.

Absolutely fascinating to watch.

Later,

At 06:39 PM 4/24/2007, Dave Dunsmoor wrote


For all that want a higher (no pun intended) pay scale, try 
this. Actually,
it looks interesting.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcalasGr_uk

Dave Dunsmoor
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