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Sat Nov 10, 2012 8:59 am

Air Crane Installing a New Gondola at Vail

If you are a skier - you'll recognize this is a gondola to nowhere (MidVail) - but hey cool work nonetheless:

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Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:25 pm

Re: Air Crane Installing a New Gondola at Vail

Cool!
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Sat Nov 10, 2012 5:05 pm

Re: Air Crane Installing a New Gondola at Vail

Nice find!

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Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:14 pm

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That is so cool how they can splice the wire ropes like that.
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Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:57 pm

Re: Air Crane Installing a New Gondola at Vail

I had one of those sky cranes land at my place. They are bigger then you can imagine. 25 acres of corn in new tassel was flattened as he taxied down the strip. Thank goodness, the corn stood back up. There was no question on whether it got pollinated. The pilot said it burned 550 gal/hr. How'd you like to pay that tab??
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Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:33 am

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Cool footage of the sky crane in action. Talk about precision.
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