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LONGUE ELINGUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mobile Hoisting Apparatus
  • Transportation Equipment (General)
  • Air Transport
CONT

The helicopter landed at the pad after completing a sling operation. Passengers boarded the aircraft, and it departed with a 50-foot long line still attached.

CONT

Bigger scooper planes are called in, CL-415S, which can release 1,600 gallons at a time, along with a helicopter with a huge water bucket hanging from a long line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de levage mobiles
  • Équipements de transport
  • Transport aérien
CONT

Des Canadair CL-415 lâchant 6 000 l par rotation sont mobilisés, avec un hélicoptère muni d'un énorme réservoir d'eau suspendu à une longue élingue. Les avions effectuent largage sur largage.

CONT

Le matériel utilisé était une longue élingue en cordage synthétique de 33 mètres accrochée sous l'hélicoptère et dotée à son extrémité d'un crochet de charge auquel était accrochée une poche de transport […] contenant des cordages et du matériel d'élingage.

Spanish

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