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Old 21st Jan 2006, 22:27
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Lift job in San Jacinto, California

41 air conditioning units onto the roof of a new Walmart.

3000lbs in the air.


Time to get the water truck out....


Back on the trailer.


A delicate job getting back on the bed though.
The sides pull out and we put down boards about 2 feet wide to give a helping hand. She's tied down and ready to go home.
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Old 21st Jan 2006, 23:22
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can you not fly it home?
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Old 22nd Jan 2006, 00:18
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We can fly her home, but she is a restricted category, so *technically* we can't fly over built up areas etc.

The main reason however is for keeping the cost down for the customer. By eliminating the flight ferry time we are way cheaper than doing it with a crane. Simple economics!
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Old 22nd Jan 2006, 17:30
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Going into LAX


Over the runway at 1500 feet, then a steep approach round the tower to the pads.
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Going into LAX.

Over the runway at 1500 feet, then a steep approach round the tower to the pads.

Pads marked on the picture.
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Old 23rd Jan 2006, 12:52
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Helicopter tours, Hawaii - originally posted by Gordy on another thread.


Napali coast, Kauai


Honopu beaches
To give an idea of size, the left beach is about 1000 feet long.









Kee Beach
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Helicopter tours, Hawaii - originally posted by Gordy on another thread.


Napali coast, Kauai


Honopu beaches
To give an idea of size, the left beach is about 1000 feet long.









Kee Beach
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Old 23rd Jan 2006, 12:58
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Question Links not working correctly

I have been having a few problems with the Photo Gallery in that sometimes up to a quarter of the images on some pages are not displaying all i get are red X's.
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Old 24th Jan 2006, 09:46
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A red x shows until a picture is downloaded.


The time pictures take to download depends upon the speed of the site hosting it and upon the speed of your own connection.

Even with broadband, it takes a little time before all pictures are displayed. If you're using a dial-up connection it takes longer.



If the host site is down, the red x remains.

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Old 24th Jan 2006, 22:32
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Pictures by AlanM.





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Old 25th Jan 2006, 05:20
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We're in the midst of some nasty bushfire work at the moment, these are from yesterday's ops trying to black out as much as possible before tomorrow's Total Fire Ban: 40C+ and strong northerlies, not looking too flash




At least the water source is nice and close



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Old 25th Jan 2006, 20:02
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Some pics of my trip to Alaska......... I'va got to go back there some time!












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Old 26th Jan 2006, 01:16
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Bitmonx

Your first photo looks very awesome...probably be a very good candidate for a calender photo....? Nice shooting.

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Old 26th Jan 2006, 02:06
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"Your first photo looks very awesome...probably be a very good candidate for a calender photo....? Nice shooting.

MD "

I second that

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Old 26th Jan 2006, 09:06
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Well thanks guys! Would be very happy if it would make it for the calender
The picture was taken on my first landing in the Prince William Sound area.
Here is the same location from a different angle



from some distance



and this one was taken in Hawaii at a waterfall on the north shore of Molokai'i (the worlds most beautiful spot!!!) The qualitiy kinda sucks.....was taken in 1998

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Old 26th Jan 2006, 09:11
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I third that - great work Mr B - you are proudly displayed on my desktop, probably until Neddy comes up with something jaw dropping again !

well done and thanks for sharing !

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Old 26th Jan 2006, 12:02
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This is my favorite but unfortunately it is not as good a resolution as the other ones. This was definately the highlight of my trip to Alaska.....stopping for a pic "near" Mt. Mc Kinley before heading towards it. I never forget the feeling when i was at 10,500 ft. and still having to look up for another 10,000 ft.....
I've got a bunch of slides that I want to scan in professionally but hav not been able to do so yet. There are many great pics I still have and someday I will share them with all of you. Glad you all like them.




and another cool one....

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Old 29th Jan 2006, 22:31
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Old 31st Jan 2006, 10:30
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Thumbs up Calendar February 2006

Here are this month's offerings: click on the thumbnail to open the required image. Thanks to Wishtobeflying and Andri Senn for the photos




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Old 2nd Feb 2006, 06:48
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Screen capture from the movie "Firebirds"?






You could be right, I don't know. Someone sent me the picture for the collection. I thought it was a good shot so posted it.
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