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Old 25th May 2017, 20:35
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500guy
 
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Originally Posted by BigMike
"In NZ"... totally believable...

The Kiwi's poineered the 2 helicopter lift.... probably

Commercial operations | Southern Lakes Helicopters, Fiordland, New Zealand

I know Erickson tried it about 25 years ago with 2 sky cranes. One aircraft got slightly lower than the other and it shifted the load and over torqued the heck out of one of the aircraft.
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