Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Your Sunday Morning Jet (Rotor) Noise

A Sikorsky Sky Crane fills up its water tank for a firefighting drop

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2 comments:

Old NFO said...

Amazing birds, and one helluva lift capacity!!! Thanks!

12/21/2014 3:03 PM
LRod said...

That's funny. I remember them as Sky Cranes, too. But in some recent aviation documentaries I see they've been renamed Air Cranes and Sikorsky no longer makes them. It'll always be a Sky Crane to me, though.

I don't know if you know this, but I found it fascinating. There's a duplicate set of controls and a seat facing aft and looking at where the cable is going and what the load is doing. It's a much more precise way of managing the hover than leaning out of the window and craning (ahem) one's neck.

An interesting, if pointless, aside—one of my high school classmates was a mechanic on Sky Cranes in the Air Force in the '60s, and then continued in civilian life as one for a logging outfit in Northern California. He was a valuable commodity.

LRod
ZJX, ORD, ZAU retired

12/21/2014 10:17 PM

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