Monday, 24 October 2011

Straight From the Tahre Pits

Weird US Navy CH54 flew low up the beach this afternoon, exactly window-height at my house on the bluff. Reminds me of some giant prehistoric crane fly. Maybe that's why they call it a Sky Crane.


(Photo courtesy of Wikimedia and the US government. It's an Army helo, but you can't have everything; where would you put it?)
Posted by Robin at 19:36
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2 comments:

  1. Will29 October 2011 at 17:28

    I think this is made by Erikson Sky Crane in the town next door to us. We see them flying over all the time.

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  2. Robin30 October 2011 at 21:27

    Might be; same name, anyway. It's a Sikorsky design, but was probably contracted out to Erickson. They carry every possible kind of cargo, even boxes full of troops. (Let us not speculate on what this may mean about how the military views personnel.)

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