Damaged CL215 recovered by CH-47

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Saw this on Warbirds Info Exchange; Buffalo Airways CL-215 damaged on a remote lake was lightened and then flown out under a Billings Chinook...

https://fireaviation.com/2023/11/21/chinook-helicopter-rescues-stranded-cl-215/

https://youtu.be/obkzuBZmUOI?si=Am9eu9AxZ09LBrHq

[Three Mile Final]

Think I saw a thread about this a couple of weeks ago .. or else I can predict the future. How did it get to be nosewheel less (and presumably holed) in the first place.

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Missed it, as indeed seemingly has ASN!

[Bksmithca]

Covered here https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/655814-sas-rescue.html. According to this thread it hit a log in water that punctured the hole.