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From: Chilliwack, BC Canada
The system is a Transport Canada Approved system for class D (live) sling loads. The system is owned by Parks Canada and consists of 2 hooks, the ropes, swivels, and a weight collar to ensure it flies well empty.
Hook 1 is the standard aircraft electrical releasable load hook, (locked over to the RH side of it's travel).
Hook 2 is a hydraulically releasable hook, which attaches to the LH side of the 407's hook beam. The HYD release hoses/mechanism is fed through the window, and attached to the passenger seat.
With 2 independant hooks installed, TC has deemed the chance of hook failure low enough to be acceptable to carry live loads.
The line shown is 50', we always carry an aditional 100' on every job but could add as much length as we'd need to safely do the job.
The system is built by EMERGCO SYSTEMS in Vancouver BC.
sorry for the poor quality photo...blown up a lot !
Hook 1 is the standard aircraft electrical releasable load hook, (locked over to the RH side of it's travel).
Hook 2 is a hydraulically releasable hook, which attaches to the LH side of the 407's hook beam. The HYD release hoses/mechanism is fed through the window, and attached to the passenger seat.
With 2 independant hooks installed, TC has deemed the chance of hook failure low enough to be acceptable to carry live loads.
The line shown is 50', we always carry an aditional 100' on every job but could add as much length as we'd need to safely do the job.
The system is built by EMERGCO SYSTEMS in Vancouver BC.
sorry for the poor quality photo...blown up a lot !
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From: Gold Coast, Queensland
407
Do you use this system in preference to a winch? Other than maybe cost, I don't see any advantages. Must be hell if you get low cloud and your passenger is 150 ft beneath you!
I remember in Malaya in the 50s, a pilot of an S51 had to sling a corpse of a terrorist back to town for identification. Unfortunately due to bad weather he flew low over the jungle and the corpse wasn't recognisable when he reached town.
Do you use this system in preference to a winch? Other than maybe cost, I don't see any advantages. Must be hell if you get low cloud and your passenger is 150 ft beneath you!
I remember in Malaya in the 50s, a pilot of an S51 had to sling a corpse of a terrorist back to town for identification. Unfortunately due to bad weather he flew low over the jungle and the corpse wasn't recognisable when he reached town.
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From: Chilliwack, BC Canada
I'd say 2 good reasons for this system, Cost and aircraft availablilty.
A dedicated winch ship would be nice, but expensive.
It's a vast area that Parks Canada covers. This system can be installed on any aircraft. It's hard mounted on the ships that have the proper mounts bolted on, or attached via a belly-band on those who don't.
You are correct, travelling in bad Wx with a long line is difficult, but Slinging with live bodies is kept to the minimum distance required. They truly frown upon being dragged through the trees !
A dedicated winch ship would be nice, but expensive.
It's a vast area that Parks Canada covers. This system can be installed on any aircraft. It's hard mounted on the ships that have the proper mounts bolted on, or attached via a belly-band on those who don't.
You are correct, travelling in bad Wx with a long line is difficult, but Slinging with live bodies is kept to the minimum distance required. They truly frown upon being dragged through the trees !
I'll get me coat......
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From: Gold Coast, Australia.
A couple of pics from a film job at Kings Canyon (Northern Territory, Australia) this week. It was for a Japanese TV drama with a pretty generous budget, it's always nice when they say "money is not an issue". Two of our Jetrangers and our R44 were used for crew and 'talent' transfer and for slinging their equipment up to the location. A Jayrow Squirrel was used for the aerial filming.
Cheers,
Hollywood
Am posting this for a mate. Not too sure where it is though.
Cheers,
Hollywood
Am posting this for a mate. Not too sure where it is though.
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From: standing by my bbq
Look what dropped into Calgary the other day. A couple of British AH64's with Longbow.
Checkout time. We were loading my personal gear into the machine at the end of a seismic job in S.E. Alberta. The motel loved having the heli parked in the back, and they let me land right in front of my room.
Another from my seismic days. Waiting to move more bags.
Checkout time. We were loading my personal gear into the machine at the end of a seismic job in S.E. Alberta. The motel loved having the heli parked in the back, and they let me land right in front of my room.
Another from my seismic days. Waiting to move more bags.
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From: 48 Deg South
Shot from my hotel room in the Monte Carlo Hotel as an R-44 does some training in their training area.
From the ground shot as Tim Turner drops a load of water on the Canberra fires.
Silhouette of an AS350B as I wait for them to land and pick me up near the fire front in Canberra.
Tim Turner heads back for another load of water.
Take your pick - spot fires everywhere.
Scott Booth spraying near Auckland in a 300C.
From the ground shot as Tim Turner drops a load of water on the Canberra fires.
Silhouette of an AS350B as I wait for them to land and pick me up near the fire front in Canberra.
Tim Turner heads back for another load of water.
Take your pick - spot fires everywhere.
Scott Booth spraying near Auckland in a 300C.
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From: 48 Deg South
Sunrise Airlines BK117 coming in to land at mountain pad. Used this as a camera ship to shoot the KA32s that VIH were using on the Hoping Dam project near Hualein in Taiwan.
Kenyan Police MI-8 taking off from Wilson Airport just after we arrived from Sth Africa in the EC120. Note the FLIR turret under the nose.
Aspiring Helicopters AS350 sitting atop a mountain ridge while the maintenance tech fixes a repeater. It was bloody cold and windy. Airspeed indicator in the helo read 55knots while it was sitting there and it was -4 degrees. I wasnt outside for long.
RNZAF UH-1H putting on a demo at the recent Ardmore Airshow. The handling display of this helo was very impressive.
Kenyan Police MI-8 taking off from Wilson Airport just after we arrived from Sth Africa in the EC120. Note the FLIR turret under the nose.
Aspiring Helicopters AS350 sitting atop a mountain ridge while the maintenance tech fixes a repeater. It was bloody cold and windy. Airspeed indicator in the helo read 55knots while it was sitting there and it was -4 degrees. I wasnt outside for long.
RNZAF UH-1H putting on a demo at the recent Ardmore Airshow. The handling display of this helo was very impressive.
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From: australia
Ground Effect,
The photo was taken in the eighties.
Yes I have been to the Hindenburg Wall. We went to film it for an American company. It was a very scary experience as you approach it. From a distance it looks quite ordinary but as you start to get within a few miles the sheer cliffs start to get very, very big and you start to get a bit apprehensive. You have to keep an eye on your airspeed as you tend to slow right down as the rock face looms over you.
It is quite an experience to fly along the rim and see all the petrified trees.
When you take off from Tabubil at 1500 feet you stay on climb to 11,000 feet and the sheer wall drops for about 4000 feet??, (it looks like that). It makes you feel just a little insignificant in the scheme of things. The cameraman nearly had a heart attack when we went over the edge at speed, from 50 feet agl to 7,000 feet in a second certainly made you sit back in your seat, a great thrill ride.
The photo was taken in the eighties.
Yes I have been to the Hindenburg Wall. We went to film it for an American company. It was a very scary experience as you approach it. From a distance it looks quite ordinary but as you start to get within a few miles the sheer cliffs start to get very, very big and you start to get a bit apprehensive. You have to keep an eye on your airspeed as you tend to slow right down as the rock face looms over you.
It is quite an experience to fly along the rim and see all the petrified trees.
When you take off from Tabubil at 1500 feet you stay on climb to 11,000 feet and the sheer wall drops for about 4000 feet??, (it looks like that). It makes you feel just a little insignificant in the scheme of things. The cameraman nearly had a heart attack when we went over the edge at speed, from 50 feet agl to 7,000 feet in a second certainly made you sit back in your seat, a great thrill ride.
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From: Chilliwack, BC Canada
Autorotate, Those pics are spectacular ! (as yours always are) That 350 silouette with the sun and smoke is an amazing shot.
Re, Aspiring 350....I see that the skid tube is hardly denting the snow surface, it's so rock hard wind blown, imagine the poor cold bloke up that tower working with bare hands.
I finally bought that 6.1 Nikon D-70, (W/28-200) so can't wait to give it a try.
Re, Aspiring 350....I see that the skid tube is hardly denting the snow surface, it's so rock hard wind blown, imagine the poor cold bloke up that tower working with bare hands.
I finally bought that 6.1 Nikon D-70, (W/28-200) so can't wait to give it a try.
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From: 48 Deg South
407Driver - The guy up the tower didnt have bare hands, had very thick gloves. Me on the other hand had flimsy jacket as didnt know where we were going and weather conditions werent supposed to be that bad. Brand new camera batteries lasted a total of about 8 minutes shooting.
DC - The system could be one that the film company rented or owns. But the interesting thing is the helo has fire markings on it so just wondering if they were using that system to map some fire ground ??
There is actually a new version of the Cineflex that Tony Monk has developed and this is a high definition one. Check out his website at:
http://www.tonymonkfilms.com
The other company is:
www.gyrocamsystems.com
Ned
DC - The system could be one that the film company rented or owns. But the interesting thing is the helo has fire markings on it so just wondering if they were using that system to map some fire ground ??
There is actually a new version of the Cineflex that Tony Monk has developed and this is a high definition one. Check out his website at:
http://www.tonymonkfilms.com
The other company is:
www.gyrocamsystems.com
Ned
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From: UK
Guys
As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, BlenderPilot is exceptionally busy at the moment. He still managed to find time to produce this month's calendar for us, but it was done in a hurry.
Please bear with us. Normal service will be resumed next month and we'll return to the usual high standard.
Heliport
As I mentioned at the beginning of this thread, BlenderPilot is exceptionally busy at the moment. He still managed to find time to produce this month's calendar for us, but it was done in a hurry.
Please bear with us. Normal service will be resumed next month and we'll return to the usual high standard.
Heliport
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From: 48 Deg South
The results of a good days heli fishing.
Our cameraship, a Sunrise Airlines BK117 sitting on the mountain paid waiting for us.
Heli Harvest's Mi-8 logging in New Zealand's north island. Note the decent size logs sitting behind it.
Unique view of Pete.
Our cameraship, a Sunrise Airlines BK117 sitting on the mountain paid waiting for us.
Heli Harvest's Mi-8 logging in New Zealand's north island. Note the decent size logs sitting behind it.
Unique view of Pete.
I'll get me coat......
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From: Gold Coast, Australia.
DC - The camera is a Cinegyro camera and belongs to Tony Monk films in New Zealand. We were orignally going to use a Wescam on one of our Jetrangers but all of the Australian ones are in Athens for the Olympics.
Ned - The Jayrow Squirrel was on it's way from Melbourne to Darwin so the film crew grabbed it half way for the filming. It was used during last years fire season hence the 'Firebird 302' markings. A keen eye will spot that our Jetranger also has the "Firebird 301" markings as it was on a similar contract.
The actual job was a Japanese TV drama and we were involved in the shoot at Kings Canyon in Central Australia. Apparently the Japanese actors were the equivalent of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (Before they split!), very famous in Japan. They paid all their bills in cash, when I went to collect payment the Japanese coordinator had $100,000 lying on his hotel bed which he was casually counting out in $1000 lots to distribute to the various contractors. Nice!
Cheers,
Hollywood
Ned - The Jayrow Squirrel was on it's way from Melbourne to Darwin so the film crew grabbed it half way for the filming. It was used during last years fire season hence the 'Firebird 302' markings. A keen eye will spot that our Jetranger also has the "Firebird 301" markings as it was on a similar contract.
The actual job was a Japanese TV drama and we were involved in the shoot at Kings Canyon in Central Australia. Apparently the Japanese actors were the equivalent of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (Before they split!), very famous in Japan. They paid all their bills in cash, when I went to collect payment the Japanese coordinator had $100,000 lying on his hotel bed which he was casually counting out in $1000 lots to distribute to the various contractors. Nice!
Cheers,
Hollywood
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From: Staffs UK
Helieng,
Thought it might prompt a comment or two, not that I posted it for that reason. It was simply one I'd got in a digital format, as most of my shots are on transparency and Im not a very good scanner driver.
Thought it might prompt a comment or two, not that I posted it for that reason. It was simply one I'd got in a digital format, as most of my shots are on transparency and Im not a very good scanner driver.