Skycrane Aft Seat Lift Work

Alyeska Ski Towers

[@bitsnpieces11]

I'm 73 and I first saw these Sky Cranes in action when I was young, about 15. It's great to see them still in use for great work. I believe it was military hauling shipping containers around in Alaska for the Dew line work.

[@johns3106]

As a rigger, I appreciate your expertise from our perspective!

[@bradswarren]

Good to hear from you Mark! I have a Contour HD. But what really makes it good is that I had it modified from an outfit in Florida called Light Sport Group that wired in the helicopter plug so I can get the ICS and radio. So you can hear the ground guy calling us in. I still have the option of a regular external mic as well. The quality of the plug is very good, much better than a standard 1/8" mini-stereo plug.

[@RaraAvisFlyer]

Nice video showing the crane and the backseat skills!

[@bradswarren]

This helicopter has 3 pilot seats. Two up front and one facing the rear. We pick up and set the loads from the rear.

[@pepper669]

Does the rear facing pilot hold a full pilot licence? What are his/her controls?

[@Forestryman707]

pepper669 yes I'm wondering the same thing if he has full control of the aircraft from the rear

[@bradswarren]

@@pepper669 Cyclic and collective in the back

[@bradswarren]

@@Forestryman707 Cyclic and collective in the back. Pedals are done up front, via asking for what’s needed via intercom

[@briangardiner1015]

Years ago we were staying at a cabin in Brighton Utah and woke up to hear a chopper working. I went to the parking lot where they were working. Between flights I talked to the ground men and they were the nicest guys.

[@toaster1971]

That was awesome.

[@OneOfSix]

Good stuff. I always wanted to find a good audio interface back in the day too (but that was with an old hand-held VHS-C camera). Again, great camera and audio both... More!

[@lennieblue]

From someone who is afraid of heights, that is a nice safe view. From my cell! Are you in the drivers seat? Below? And the those below, i marveled at their trust of the helicopter operator. Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@OneOfSix]

Great video Brad. The radio and intercom feed is great here too. What kind of camera did you use? GoPro?

[@philipfarrell8114]

Excellent video

[@log4ever1]

Nice flying Brad! How have you been? It has been a long time!

[@michaelsedway9703]

Pilot is so calm

[@The13thUSCG]

Hope to get a contract like this one day.

[@-Galavanta-]

So cool.

[@Firedog105]

That has to one of the dangerous jobs in the world .

[@discofishing]

Your aircraft modified with aux fuel tanks?

[@interestingstory2498]

Very good hovering

[@fw1421]

The guys on the ground should have air tools to speed up the process.

[@mcplutt]

Not very practical. They could have battery tools.

[@flyinshu123]

looks to me as that would be incredibly difficult.

[@bobbyray9825]

Excellent work. Must be Erickson.

[@warpedbeyondhelp]

Wanted to see the base work. Lower the field of view next video please.

[@michaeltarasenkoop2389]

Nerves of steel and whill to survive no matter what great job ( not ) me !

[@willhahn7681]

only5grand hour at the pummy party in Ashington at Mt Saint Kayno

[@bradswarren]

No idea what you just said, no idea what you mean

[@daveogarf]

Great subject, Terrible photography on the ground!

[@thangquocnguyenmdp]

daveogarf the ground camera man does not know what he was doing.

[@JerryLaw]

most likely a gopro strap on to the helmet

[@musicteacherbuilder]

Yeah, you can see a few of them are wearing helmet cams. They are not photogs but documenting grunts. No shame there.

[@Tibor80]

Dumb camerawork - tilt down to show the bottom of the pillar making contact and getting secured instead of showing their heads.

[@keithholder3155]

Pipe wrench??? really?? Youve got this helio waiting on knuckle heads with pipe wrench and no impact...WTF???

[@forge20]

Did you want them to hire another sky hook to hold the genny and air compressor?

[@mikewagner157]

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[@robertcaviness5300]

Pretty sure there's a more efficient method while using a $30,000 an hour ship