Power line inspection by Huges 500 or McDonnell Douglas 369D?

This buzz box was outside my office today so I rushed home for my camera. Thankfully he stayed a while.
I put on my 1.4 tele but for some reason it would not auto focus but IS worked? Need to clean contacts is all I hope.

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Nice catch. That is some dangerous work. There is a documentary video on YouTube, I think, on the people that do this work and what is involved....crazy stuff.

That job has to be at the top of the scale for an adrenaline rush.

As I watched on I thought how cool that job would be. Pilot or the guy hanging out the side.
One very stable little machine. Almost like an RC helicopter.

That's a very good pilot making that look easy

Hopefully the guy on the outside has borrowed a lot of money from the pilot! ; )

When finished they departed with the guy stayed seated instead of moving into the cockpit.

As long as you accepted the job, you no longer afraid of heights. I rather sit on that heli than climb up and down the power line towers. Nice catch