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May 31st, 2006, 12:22
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| Newbie  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin,Tx
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|  For all you Helo fans I took this last summer working for the DOI up in Moab, Utah. We were carding the pilot for cargo letdown ops. Click here to watch Bell-206-L1-Cargo-Let-Down It might take a second to load. |
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May 31st, 2006, 13:04
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| Old Skool  | Re: For all you Helo fans Interesting! I never imagined a 206 doing a slingload (well, that wasn't a sling load really...) What's the purpose of "cargo letdown ops?" Why not just drop the bag? And what took so long releasing the load? (Sorry for the questions... slingloads are just kinda my thing.) |
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May 31st, 2006, 14:41
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin,Tx
Posts: 24
| Re: For all you Helo fans They use that for getting stuff up to fire fighters when there isnt a place to put a large slingload or the terrain wont let them make an LZ they just drop the bag full of supplies and leave the rope and all. Usually its food, sometimes extra shovels, axe's, saw's you name it... the bags are rated for about 150 lbs of stuff.   |
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