[MRCA] CH-54

[B. Smith]

The Skyhook was a scary machine in Vietnam and there are only a few 
still  flying today.  The wake turbulence created by the down wash was 
terrible and resulted in a lot of accidents. It scared me just looking 
at one.
Z

On 9/3/2019 1:19 PM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO wrote:
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> Ray,
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> Thanks for the excellent video!
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> Mike N2MS
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>> On September 2, 2019 at 3:43 PM Ray Fantini <RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu> 
>> wrote:
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>> I take care of a couple television transmitter sites and one of the 
>> companies I do work for is Maryland Public Television and although 
>> this is not my site its our flagship station WMPT in Annapolis and on 
>> top the tower is a fourteen thousand pound  dual antenna that 
>> provided our analog service at one time and our HD service. With the 
>> big repack we migrated down to channel twenty one so the entire 
>> structure had to be removed and replaced with a spacer and a new 
>> channel twenty one antenna. Apparently it was about a third the price 
>> to do this by helicopter and it only required less than three hours 
>> to swap everything out although another two days was spent doing 
>> final connections and lighting.
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>> The entire process was video taped and can be interesting to watch. 
>> Go to:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=L-sIuR0rCqU
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>> Just don’t watch if you have an issue with heights!
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>> Ray F/KA3EKH
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