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Pilot operates Aerial Saw, helicopter simultaneously
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Sunday, August 01, 2004
| Bob Batz Jr.
Posted on 08/01/2004 1:43:34 PM PDT by Willie Green
This is one helicopter that really is a chopper.
Dangling 90 feet below this McDonnell Douglas 500's whirling rotor blades, attached to it by a flexible metal pipe, is a caged engine driving 11 whirring rotary blades, a giant flying tree trimmer.
They call it the Aerial Saw.
It's a weapon of mass destruction in the battle against trees that encroach on power lines, pipelines, railroads and other rights of way.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: helicopter; invention; toughpilot; treetrimming
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No more climbing a ladder with a chainsaw to trim some limbs???
Coooooooool!!!
I gotta get one of this things for working in my yard!
To: Willie Green
The IDF needs one of these to "mow" down some streets.
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:45:23 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("I'm so upset that I'll binge on a Saltine.")
To: Willie Green
It's a weapon of mass destruction in the battle against trees that encroach on power
lines, pipelines, railroads and other rights of way.
I can almost hear the departed George C. Scott saying "G-wd, I wish we had one of those!"
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:46:32 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Willie Green
Oh man! What is my wife gonna say when I park one of these choppers in my hangar?!
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:47:12 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Willie Green
I gotta get one of this things for working in my yard!
Yes but then someone would be out of a job!........ :*)
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:47:34 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life............)
To: Willie Green
This is some pretty sexy hardware.
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:48:02 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Willie Green
These are so amazing to watch--they write their own tickets, too--
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:48:31 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
(for a post-neo conservatism)
To: SandyInSeattle
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:49:36 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: Willie Green
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posted on
08/01/2004 1:58:13 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: Lazamataz
This is some pretty sexy hardware.It's based on a design by Freddy Krueger.
To: Willie Green
All kidding aside, this is awfully dangerous and requires VERY skilled flying abilites.
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:10:23 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: Willie Green
The Northeast Intelligence Network hilariously IDed one of those as some sort of "radiation sensor" some months ago....
To: Willie Green
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:14:12 PM PDT
by
cinFLA
To: Ramius; ecurbh; g'nad
What's even cooler than a brush hawg? aerial saw....
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:16:47 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(~*-,._.,-*~Loves her hubbit~*-,._.,-*~)
To: annyokie
Hoppity clopter ping! I was a student pilot in R-22s and I am a longtime helifan, but I'd never heard this term. I may have to adopt it. :0)
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:18:28 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: Riley; SandyInSeattle
Hubby flew CH-47's. THEM's hoppity clopters! Sandy whom I pinged, husband flew Phrogs (Navy version of the CH-46) and is now fixed wing.
Hubby's fixed wing, rotary and CFII. Feel free to share! ; )
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:22:04 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: annyokie
One of the Bond movies had one of these. " The World is not Enough" I believe, with Bronson.
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:27:19 PM PDT
by
xander
To: Riley
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:30:45 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: Riley
Sorry, I am having a time posting pix here lately.
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:31:38 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(Now with 20% More Infidel!)
To: Willie Green
Not much chance of seing a tree sitter with that rig, is there? Environmentalist whackos, en garde.
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posted on
08/01/2004 2:50:56 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("I actually was going to throw like a man before I threw like a girl." JFK 7/25/2004)
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