Sikorsky S58 Heavy Lift Helicopter

Enjoy!

Nice set Jeff.

#1 is a great look at what it was doing and #2 is a very nice closeup of the bird itself.

Looks like they're putting an A/C unit on the roof of a new Lowes...

haha awesome...I shot a chopper/AC unit a while back too...fun stuff. Great pics, but damn that's an ugly chopper

Aren't those things from the 50's?

Jon.

Nice shots!

As an aside, a helicopter lift is cheaper than using a bloody crane? A couple years ago our company had to replace an air conditioning compressor on top of our 6 story building. A mobile crane came, set up, lifted it, broke down, and departed, taking four hours beginning to end. (I took pictures. ) A helicopter seems like overkill.

Thanks all.

Not sure about the cost effectiveness part but he was doing a bunch of these. I'll bet round trip pickup dropoff and back was maybe 4 minutes. Amazingly efficient. I watched 4 or 5 in the 20 minutes I was there anyway.

I also wonder if it's easier to reach the middle of the building with a helo instead of a crane. Not sure. (I think it's either a Sams Club or Super Walmart)

Okay, that makes sense!

I finally found a use for content aware scaling....yah!

For what it's worth I didn't do anything other than smash it WAY down... I see it messed with the rope a bit and made the sky band. Nothing a couple minutes in photoshop couldn't fix.

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