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Nice article about Helos
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:55 am
by Woody
Here’s a nice positive article about whirlygigs for a change
https://ukaviation.news/national-grids- ... y-flowing/
Re: Nice article about Helos
Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2022 10:45 am
by CharlieOneSix
A good article. No mention of Scotland even though the National Grid stretches as far north as Orkney. In 26 years here I've only seen a helicopter patrol our nearby 275kV National Grid line on three occasions and that has always been a hired in machine from PLM Helicopters in Inverness and not one of their own - and probably when they were trying to find a fault that had occurred. When CEGB started helicopter patrolling of their lines in the 60's they used one Hiller 12E helicopter piloted by a guy named Spencer - can't remember his surname. How times have changed.