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Post by pat perry on Feb 14, 2014 0:09:07 GMT 9
Helicopter's Rotor Catches Steel Rope Erecting a seven story high structure to be used as a Christmas tree, the helicopter's rotor struck a cable. Pilot made it out OK www.chonday.com/Videos/chopersteelrope2Flight came to an abrupt end! Pat P
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Post by Jim on Feb 14, 2014 0:27:16 GMT 9
Helicopter's Rotor Catches Steel Rope Erecting a seven story high structure to be used as a Christmas tree, the helicopter's rotor struck a cable. Pilot made it out OK www.chonday.com/Videos/chopersteelrope2Flight came to an abrupt end! Pat P Watch it again- a ground crew man flicks the cable and it goes into the rotor......
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Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 14, 2014 2:45:34 GMT 9
Helicopter's Rotor Catches Steel Rope Erecting a seven story high structure to be used as a Christmas tree, the helicopter's rotor struck a cable. Pilot made it out OK www.chonday.com/Videos/chopersteelrope2Flight came to an abrupt end! Pat P That job cost a "tad" more than it started out to cost.
The bird looks like it goes to the salvage yard.
Ouch!
Jim Too
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Post by Mark O on Feb 14, 2014 3:18:04 GMT 9
For a Christmas tree?? What a perfectly good waste of great ham radio antenna tower. Sheesh. (Oh yea, the helicopter thing? That was interesting too.)
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