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Postby Rifleman » Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:46 pm

Every once in a while, we get to see a fairly rare sight in our area, but its not all that often that we get this kind of treat.....late in the day with the light starting to fail, a walk with Wendys dog, made me run home to grab my camera and come back to shoot this.......

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Re: Rare ?

Postby Hagar » Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:12 am

Nice one Ken! Not one but two rare machines. 8-)

I'm not a great fan of helicopters but was always fascinated by the Kaman dual rotor system.
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Re: Rare ?

Postby Flying Trucker » Sun Dec 25, 2016 6:30 am

Nice find and capture Ken and Merry Christmas from Ontario...not much snow... <<q
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Re: Rare ?

Postby OldAirmail » Sun Dec 25, 2016 7:40 am

Certainly a nice Christmas find.

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Re: Rare ?

Postby logjam » Sun Dec 25, 2016 7:01 pm

This one used to be a regular fighting forest fires in the BC interior. Last I heard of this and other AN's belonged to McKenzie Helicopters. Looks nice in Heliquest livery now. Earns a fortune at $1600/hr.
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Re: Rare ?

Postby Tug002 » Sun Dec 25, 2016 8:51 pm

You would want to hope that thoe's rotors never get out of sync :shock:

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Re: Rare ?

Postby expat » Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:29 am

If two choppers ever looked like an accident that has not yet taken place....... :shock:

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Re: Rare ?

Postby Fozzer » Mon Dec 26, 2016 6:47 am

expat wrote:If two choppers ever looked like an accident that has not yet taken place....... :shock:

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..... :lol: ....!

I'm just wondering what would happen if the Rotor syncing gears in the gear box, lost a couple of teeth!

It all looks a bit dodgy to me!.... :shock: ....!

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