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.

http://img74.photobucket.com/albums/...ighe/Hooks.jpg

sorry for the poor quality photo...blown up a lot !

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.:(

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 few more from my collection.

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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 :cool:

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Am posting this for a mate. Not too sure where it is though.

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Look what dropped into Calgary the other day. A couple of British AH64's with Longbow.
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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.

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Another from my seismic days. Waiting to move more bags.

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how do I post a photo?

Shot from my hotel room in the Monte Carlo Hotel as an R-44 does some training in their training area.

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From the ground shot as Tim Turner drops a load of water on the Canberra fires.

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Silhouette of an AS350B as I wait for them to land and pick me up near the fire front in Canberra.

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Tim Turner heads back for another load of water.

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Take your pick - spot fires everywhere.

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Scott Booth spraying near Auckland in a 300C.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Capt Hollywood,

Do you know what camera system is on the front of the 350?

Just Curious:}

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.

DC - Think you will find it is either a Ciniflex system, or a Gyrocam systems unit, previously known as Aerial Films.

Ned :E

Howdy,

Can you post a higer res picy please??

Its very 'blocky'.


Thanks.

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. :ooh:

Thanks Ned,

Do you know if there are any Ciniflex systems in Aus?:}
I know the picture is taken in Aus, but is it the system from NZ?

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

The results of a good days heli fishing.

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Our cameraship, a Sunrise Airlines BK117 sitting on the mountain paid waiting for us.

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Heli Harvest's Mi-8 logging in New Zealand's north island. Note the decent size logs sitting behind it.

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Unique view of Pete.

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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!

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Cheers,

Hollywood :cool:

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.

RS2,

It is avery rare thing you must admit. I was under the impression they just did relay races up and down the apron!!

Underslinging on the West coast of Scotland

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A Canadian Forces SeaKing stopped by today from CFB Shearwater, Dartmouth NS (Atlantic Ocean) ... A bit of a duck out of water in the Rockies.

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Had a sip of Fuel...

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Then Departed Westbound for CFB Esquimalt, Victoria BC (Pacific Ocean) ....

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wiz of auz...I think you should get some points for making the blades appear as though they are moving with no pilot in the heli....or are they moving with no pilot in the heli?

Few more from around the traps.

Up and Away - Heading for the Fire line near Terry Hills.

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Scott Booth spraying near Maramarua in New Zealand.
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Jere Anderson working the old PHI Kmax on the Hoping Dam project in Taiwan.

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Faram Helicopters B3 bringing some supplies into a hut in the Uruwera ranges.

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Here's a shot of a British Army Air Corps Gazelle AH1 on operations recently. Many thanks to John Eacott for hosting.
:cool:
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Another tough day out heli fishing.

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A special shot for our member here that attacked us kiwis for ridding the country of an unwanted pest. :)

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Got to watch the V-22 start, taxy and takeoff when visiting Pax River. Amazing aircraft to watch.
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Close up view of Isabelle and its donkey dick sucking out of the ponds on the Terrey Hills golf course.

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Is NOT a Bell,.......................... is a Sikorsky!

We had a Canadian Forces CH-146 Griffon (a 412 HP) stop by today, Interesting paint job on the tailboom?

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Gazelle AH1 Archers Post, Kenya (The rock covered in white tape is to assist pilot in dust out)
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The glorious accommodation! (The dayglo is to help find the cab if one piles in)
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Gaz in Pristina, Kosovo
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Many Thanks to John Eacott for hosting.:ok:

I'm working as "radio operator" in firefighting operations in this leased 212 , I'm waiting for the first fire...
Sometimes we've seen strange pictures of helicopters at work...


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One of the University of Michigan Bell 430's getting airborne from a road accident

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ASER, please email me the GPS coordinates from you picture, that's HEAVEN for a sheep loving Helicopter Pilot !!!!

P.S. Don't tell Autorotate where that field is.... :p

Sorry Gents, But here I go again, playing with the new camera....this AM, we launched everything at the Base....

Craig leaves with ALJ 206L3
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Chris preps ALU 206B3

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then departs

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No 407 shots today, I was 3rd out and sitting in it.

407 Driver,

Re 412 shot:

Perhaps the stripes on the tail are "Invasion Stripes" to
commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day?

Rigid, You are probably correct, here's a picture that shows the markings better.
I wasn't able to talk to this crew, as I did with the SeaKing the day before.

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407 regarding to the Autorotate signature I'm not going to divulgate the GPS coordinates, in interest of sheep security... :E

If you like the pictures I'll post some more from my collection.


Thanks. Look forward to seeing them.
Post your competition entries here,
and the others in the Rotorheads Around the World collection.

Heliport

I was at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton (CYHM) last week and took these pictures.

The S-51 (H-5) was built for the RCAF in 1947 and served until 1959.
I find the hoist /stretcher arrangement ingenious if not scary for the casualty.

The S-51 is not airworthy but the museum has a lot of aircraft that are and fly regularly i.e. the: Lancaster, B-25 Mitchell, Harvard, DC-3, Chipmunk, and Canso.

Its worth a visit if you’re in the neighborhood.




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Breaking out on top, I thought the picture would turn out better but.(not)

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Keith Miles coming in to land to pick up yours truly in the mountains behind Queenstown, New Zealand.

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Few shots from the fires near Terrey Hills last season.

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Few more from the Aussie fire season.


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