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BigMike

24th May 2017 20:36

A good photo of BK's bucketing on the Christchurch fire.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...elicopters.jpg
Photo by Mark Barker

rottenjohn

25th May 2017 06:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by heli kiwi (Post 9781457)

No this is real.
The other option would be getting the RNZAF and their NH90. As per another thread on here.

At the hourly rates the commercial operators do this sort of stuff for?

SuperF

25th May 2017 08:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by rottenjohn (Post 9781759)

Quote:

Originally Posted by heli kiwi (Post 9781457)

No this is real.
The other option would be getting the RNZAF and their NH90. As per another thread on here.

At the hourly rates the commercial operators do this sort of stuff for?

Close to it. I heard about $25,000/hr to run those things. We all charge like that now...

Kiwi500

25th May 2017 19:46

:D:D:D:D:ok:

500guy

25th May 2017 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigMike (Post 9780265)

"In NZ"... totally believable... ;)

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

Commercial operations | Southern Lakes Helicopters, Fiordland, New Zealand

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...l_IMG_1769.jpg

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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