Blackhawk helicopter rooftop removal of another helicopter

Some of you know that I work on a Medevac helicopter and the Virginia State Police helicopter had mechanical problems on our hospital rooftop on the 16th floor, and it needed to be removed. We brought in a Blackhawk helicopter to lift it from our helipad. Here are some neat videos of the operation if you are interested.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=8573763

http://www.roanoke.com/multimedia/video/wb/167532

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/a...17/#fragment-1

http://carilionclinic.blogspot.com/

http://carilionlifeguard.blogspot.com/

That was damn cool. Thanks for sharing.:D

Cargo lift is a fairly standard mission for the UH-60 - but it's not seen very often - at least in the civilian world. Nice example of the hard work that our National Guard troops do.

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Cargo lift is a fairly standard mission for the UH-60 - but it's not seen very often - at least in the civilian world. Nice example of the hard work that our National Guard troops do.

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Amen to that.

Yep that was a pretty cool operation!!!

Cool stuff. When I lived in AK I used to see the sky cranes working. Amazing what those spinning blades can lift.