installing power lines by helicopter
Jul 9, 2013 23:45:55 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
drove interstate 94 to western minn. to visit an air force buddy and his wife. on the way out they were using helicopters on the installation, I shot a few hope you enjoy
dave
dave
Jul 9, 2013 23:58:02 #
datsmar wrote:
drove interstate 94 to western minn. to visit an air force buddy and his wife. on the way out they were using helicopters on the installation, I shot a few hope you enjoy
dave
dave
And some people call them crazy ! 8-)
Thanks for sharing !
Jul 10, 2013 00:13:57 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
TucsonCoyote wrote:
And some people call them crazy ! 8-)
Thanks for sharing !
Thanks for sharing !
thanks for looking , you can bet they were making great money.
dave
Jul 10, 2013 00:19:57 #
Jul 10, 2013 00:33:12 #
datsmar wrote:
drove interstate 94 to western minn. to visit an air force buddy and his wife. on the way out they were using helicopters on the installation, I shot a few hope you enjoy
dave
dave
That chopper pilot must have nerves of steel. Do you suppose those lines were live?
Jul 10, 2013 00:38:50 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
RE wrote:
Not that is quite interesting, thanks for posting!
thanks for looking and for the comment
dave
Jul 10, 2013 00:45:43 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
tbell7D wrote:
That chopper pilot must have nerves of steel. Do you suppose those lines were live?
no they were not live and yes they both had to have nerves of steel. i'm sure they both are making a very nice living
dave
Jul 10, 2013 01:54:07 #
datsmar wrote:
no they were not live and yes they both had to have nerves of steel. i'm sure they both are making a very nice living
dave
dave
Live or not the procedure is the same....note the alligator clamp hooked onto the lines. :thumbup:
Jul 10, 2013 06:11:46 #
Jul 10, 2013 08:53:31 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
TucsonCoyote wrote:
Live or not the procedure is the same....note the alligator clamp hooked onto the lines. :thumbup:
thanks
Jul 10, 2013 09:00:51 #
datsmar wrote:
drove interstate 94 to western minn. to visit an air force buddy and his wife. on the way out they were using helicopters on the installation, I shot a few hope you enjoy
dave
dave
Nice work Dave.
Seems to me this is pretty dangerous work for these guys and thanks for sharing these images.
Pierre
Jul 10, 2013 09:07:40 #
datsmar wrote:
drove interstate 94 to western minn. to visit an air force buddy and his wife. on the way out they were using helicopters on the installation, I shot a few hope you enjoy
dave
dave
Nice shots Dave. They also do routine maintenance the same way. Looking for connections problems that you hear on an AM radio station as a buzz when pass near a power line with a problem.
Jul 10, 2013 09:43:57 #
Jul 10, 2013 10:28:34 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
PierreH wrote:
Nice work Dave.
Seems to me this is pretty dangerous work for these guys and thanks for sharing these images.
Pierre
Seems to me this is pretty dangerous work for these guys and thanks for sharing these images.
Pierre
thanks pierre.
yes its dangerous.
dave
Jul 10, 2013 13:47:08 #
datsmar
Loc: minnesota
RedArrow wrote:
Nice shots Dave. They also do routine maintenance the same way. Looking for connections problems that you hear on an AM radio station as a buzz when pass near a power line with a problem.
thanks
this is the first time I have seen it up here
dave
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