Boomless Bell

[treetopflyer]

Anyone know the history behind this Bell medium sans boom?

 

I saw the pic on the Alberta Forestry web site.

[twinstar_ca]

you know you could come up with a hundred captions for that pic!!! :up:

 

"bell's new entry fits the same same hover hole as a 500!!!"

 

"bell eliminates tail rotor power cost!!"

 

"i was sure the last pilot fit it in there!!"

 

the list could go on!!!

[Frequent Flyer]

Looks like House Mtn to me. So yes you are probably right Sth. I dont remember a 61 being there though. Unless they were visiting from Loon River. Yes that might be the case. Ahh clear as mud.

[ray]

I believe that was the one in 'La Crete' around 1999.

Tailboom caught fire during hot refuelling.

Greg V, was flying the S61, PJ was the engineer.

I was passing through in an A-Star.

[East Coaster]

PS about 1998 or 1999.

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Ahhh, the good years...

[beltdrive]

downwash probally has details on that...

[Frequent Flyer]

This is definently the House Mountian air strip. The picture was taken from the forestry tower that borders the runway. The machine burned up on the House Creek fire in July of 1999. The following week another Delta 204 had a stuck peddle with a full load of natives on board. The pilot did well to get it down on the road by camp.

[Rotorhead]

I believe that was the one in 'La Crete' around 1999.

Tailboom caught fire during hot refuelling.

Greg V, was flying the S61, PJ was the engineer.

I was passing through in an A-Star.

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That 61 must have been "PZR" after the new paint job. The other two used that year, JDR and JDK, had already been shortened.

 

Anyone know where Greg and Pete are? A big portion on the loggers went to international jobs in Songkhla or Baku but I haven't seen those two in years.

 

RH

[ray]

GV is with Hayes Heli-Logging on Vancouver Island. I haven't seen PJ in a few years.

[DGP]

We should be asking o'tooley....he was wrenching on a 2by4 that had the boom burn up hot refueling in alberta...but that happened along time before '99....one of the Dooks of Ferny was the driver...