Skycrane

Synonyms for "skycrane"

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The SHEDS exercise, conducted by American Export Isbrandtsen and Sikorsky in 1967, demonstrated that skycranes can unload containers, within the load limits of the helicopters, from a ship’s deck in weather which makes surface operations impossible.

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Bad weather, damaged multileg slings, and limited weekend availability for National Guard skycranes caused planning problems.

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For the cost of those exploits, Bass could easily rent a couple of skycranes and airlift Hueco Tank’s famous Mushroom Boulder to Louisiana.

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Helicopter skycranes offer several advantages over conventional cranes.[…]Large skycranes are often used in the lumber business to lift large trees out of terrain that is too rugged for a ground-based vehicle.

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