My most hair raising lifts was a one of 3 running"Chance favors the prepared mind."
Point taken...the fact that personal where running away from the vicinity of the operation when it turned to custard shows a poor S.O.P in my option...live and learnThink with these wing foil de-rig lifts, the wings are controlled with tethers to "steer" them so they turn into wind direction & lifting forces remain neutral to the wind direction....afterall, there was a steady wind blowing at 15-20kts when they began this operation, successfully removing two wings prior. Not unusual to do this at all. There were also several more hydrofoil boats waiting to be hoisted out of the water...which did not suffer any damage, b/c they too were feathered into the wind and could rapidly adjust to changes. What caught the crane operation off guard was the sudden swirling gusts that made keeping the wing neutral impossible. Those final gusts were easily 70-80 mph...described as hurricane force later.
Originally the owner wanted to fly her off the port (used as a runway) but got shut down by the authorities...we then loaded the zero on the piss on a transporter so the starboard wing would clear the railing of our harbour bridge on the way to our airport...cool guys to deal withMy most hair raising lifts was a one of 3 running
Mitsubishi A6M Zeros that was brought out from the states in the lower hold of a container ship in one piece...to attend Wings over Wanaka air show.I had the shipping agent almost breathing down my neck
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