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| finding it hard to look at this thread noe....its a horror show!!! | 
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| The Sikorsky CH-54 Sky Crane 
To me it just looks like someone built a helicopter and chopped the middle out. Practical as it may be, it still looks like Crane Fly!!! | |
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| | All Round Modeller | Hi Richard,
I have seen those operating many times from The Army Air Corps Base at Middle Wallop when my Dad was stationed there in 1971, very unusual looking machine too both in the air and on the ground. First time I saw one was airbourne and I was in a Bell 47 Sioux at the time (One of the Blue Eagles) on a pleasure flight at the Open Day at Middle Wallop. Next time I saw it..I went airbourne in it too !!! My Dad managed to get me a flight on board this machine. They are certainly Huge too. The really weird bit is walking into the cockpit via the door on the back of the cab...just like walking through a normal office door.
There was quite a bit of movement with these machines then, I suspect probably travelling across Europe too bearing in mind that the Vietnam War was still going on at the time.
Regards.....Mark.
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| They used them recently in Australia for fighting fires,a company called Erikson Crane dismantle them just like large cranes and transport them all over the world doping important jobs.
Despite their looks they are a really useful life saving tool.
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06-10-2006
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Originally Posted by Bluewavestudios Hi Richard,
I have seen those operating many times from The Army Air Corps Base at Middle Wallop when my Dad was stationed there in 1971, very unusual looking machine too both in the air and on the ground. First time I saw one was airbourne and I was in a Bell 47 Sioux at the time (One of the Blue Eagles) on a pleasure flight at the Open Day at Middle Wallop. Next time I saw it..I went airbourne in it too !!! My Dad managed to get me a flight on board this machine. They are certainly Huge too. The really weird bit is walking into the cockpit via the door on the back of the cab...just like walking through a normal office door.
There was quite a bit of movement with these machines then, I suspect probably travelling across Europe too bearing in mind that the Vietnam War was still going on at the time.
Regards.....Mark. | we had the blue eagles here about 4 weeks ago- great blokes great choppers !!!!! | |
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| they are also used for logging. a hug clamp with a rotarty saw in the middle is hung from it and a very skilled pilot uses it to clamp onto the bottom of a tree and fly it back to camp. | |
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| | one more feather ......!
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| Does this one qualify ?
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| The designer must have had quite a bit of imagination to dream that one up ! it looks as if he had second thoughts as to a landplane or seaplane ?
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| | The Youngest Member? | Concord is the best looking aircraft ever, and i can remember on the last ever flight our house was right underneath the flight path and i was watching it.
Euan
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Originally Posted by duncan Does this one qualify ? | What is it...?......waht a mess.......looks like shed with wings. | |
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