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Nerve-wracking? I doubt it given that the tower is relatively wide and is not free-standing (ie. situated on top of a building).
The video below was showcased on PPRuNe (I can't remember when) but .. nerve-wracking .. yes. Take a look: |
I have worked on towers on top of buildings and the the fact that it is on top of a building does not make it any better. You still look out and it is a long way down. For me, the feeling when I am on top of something is entirely different from being in a helicopter and looking down.
I also noticed in the photos the workers leaning out trying to gain a hold on the moving load suspended below the helicopter and it would not take much to be squashed between the load and a portion of the tower. When standing on top of a tower there is less maneuvering space to dodge a swinging load. Just not fun in my book. :ouch: |
Help from Above!
A three-year-old who died for six minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest has thanked medics who brought him back to life. Kai Clark suffered the attack at his home in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, on October 17. He stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating. His mother Kelly Clark was with him at the time and she said she feared for the worst until paramedics and the air ambulance arrived. Without the expertise and team-work between the medical crews and the rapid transfer to a specialist hospital, doctors said Kai would almost certainly not have survived. Mrs Clark said: "I was trying to resuscitate him myself but I feared it was too late. "It was the most frightening experience you can go through as a parent. "They arrived so quickly and it was an enormous relief. "He still has some medical complications and it has been a hard process to get to this point, but to see him walking and smiling again is amazing." The family visited Cambridge Airport, where the East Anglian Air Ambulance is based, in order to thank the helicopter crews and the East of England Ambulance Trust. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/mu...pg_648309a.jpg Helicopter Paramedic Jemma Varela, 31, with three-year-old Kai Clark, who died for six minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest |
The choppers they protect!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...%2520Pilot.jpg
US Army Blackhawk pilot Just what exactly is it that one is not supposed to 'hand hold'? https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-w...s576/Hkp6A.jpg Swedish soldier defends an Hkp-6 (aka Bell 206) "Stay away from my helikopter!" |
Oh Really!
Police helicopter scrambled to catch foursome spotted engaging in sexual activity at seaside beauty spot (at least one was wearing handcuffs already)
A major manhunt was launched after police received reports of a foursome engaging in sexual activity near a seaside beauty spot.A local resident tipped off police and said that four people had been having sex in public, an act known as 'dogging'.One of the suspects was reportedly wearing handcuffs during the incident at the Byes, a park, in Sidmouth, Devon, which is a favourite for dog walkers and its peaceful riverside walk. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...35_468x286.jpg The four suspects managed to give police the slip but three were later caught after the police helicopter was launched More |
Good grief!
Latest car/rotary hybrid :eek:
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Flying the Flame!
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...70_306x423.jpg
A member of the Metropolitan Police escorts the Olympic flame (in what appears to be a Davy Lamp) prior to boarding a RN Sea King from RNAS Culdrose to Land's End http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...33_306x574.jpg The caption reads: "David Beckham looked pleased as he carried the Olympic torch at RNAS Culdrose" I think I could probably find alternative wording for "looked pleased" but there we are .. he is (apparently) one of your British 'heros'! http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...54_306x423.jpg The flame boards the Sea King http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...91_634x579.jpg The flame under escort http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...00_634x432.jpg And safely delivered to Land's End |
Watch Your Speed!
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Today's useful bit of information - yeah right .. lol !!!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...ient+array.jpg
In case one day you should see a blitterblat with this contraption fitted and someone ask you "what's that?" .. http://www.webstorehouse.com/photobu...ead2-small.gif .. you can turn around and tell them .. its a vertical magnetic gradient sensor array! Or .. whatever else enters your head! http://www.webstorehouse.com/photobu...ckle-small.gif |
http://www.rushmerehelicopters.co.uk...ome_banner.jpg
Rushmere Helicopters Bell 206B G-OCFD http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...97_634x373.jpg OCFD landing at Boughton House in Northamptonshire on 8th September 2012 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...91_634x429.jpg OCFD on the ground at Boughton House http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/...82_634x732.jpg Dropping off pax Cheryl Cole |
Wonder if anyone told her the machine is older than she is?! :}
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I think it was part of a vintage theme that was taking place at Boughton House yesterday! :E
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a vertical magnetic gradient sensor array |
here's two more. Just remember to climb a little bit before catching the next line.
JD http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...n200703019.jpg http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/v...n200703018.jpg |
Eurocopter UK seem to have added a splash of Union colours to their EC135 G-PLAL - perhaps in support of the UK's sporting contestants a while back!
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-E...k+Worsdell.png Eurocopter UK's EC135T2 G-PLAL as seen at Fairoaks on 7th July 2012 (Photo: Mark Worsdell) |
a vertical magnetic gradient sensor array that can't be good for you nuts....being so close Dont worry, just passive sensors! skadi |
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Does this happen often? http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../Coconutty.jpg |
Yes, very often.
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They even have a name for the broken jaw that often results from it:
"The Guardsman's Fracture." Fainting is also the only excuse for dropping a rifle on the parade ground. Our WOD would say to us "If you drop your rifle, you had better hit the ground before it does!" |
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