Looky What I Found!

"PatBateman" (PatBateman) 07/08/2014 at 22:22 • Filed to: helicopters

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I saw this Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane at the regional Airport this morning, and quite frankly it almost scared me to death. I've never seen this large of a helicopter at the airport near my house. I wasn't really prepared for it to be right beside the roadway like it is. Sorry for the iPotato pictures, I took them at dusk with a weird orange tint from the storm clouds moving in.

Here's it's buttocks:

Bonus: the hangar and the private jet in the background of the first two pics used to belong to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! famed ponzi schemer and dirt bag extraordinaire from Mexia, Texas (also childhood home to the illustrious Anna Nicole Smith).

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:25

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and you haven't stolen it to give us all joyrides why?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:26

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That's very cool, actually.

PatBateman > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/08/2014 at 22:27

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Where the hell would I fit everyone?!?!

PatBateman > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/08/2014 at 22:30

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The pictures really don't do it justice. The thing is gargantuan. Like I said, it shocked me as I drove by it this morning. The pad is brand new, right by a tree line. You pass the trees and BOOM big ass helicopter.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:30

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Its a sky crane... You pick up oppo in their oppomobile, deliver them to undisclosed airfield. Wash rince repeat until we have massive oppo gathering.

scoob > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:30

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It looks like that for a reason!

PatBateman > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 07/08/2014 at 22:32

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You might be onto something here... Everyone!!! To your cars! And make sure your tow straps are secured and seatbelts fastened TIGHTLY!!

PatBateman > scoob 07/08/2014 at 22:33

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I know. I'm not sure what that thing is on the flatbed truck. Spare gas tank?

Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:37

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Water tank, it's an aerial firefighter

CB > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 22:50

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I love this helicopter for a few reasons. This is one of them.

PatBateman > Bobololo23 is waiting for the FT86 to come 07/08/2014 at 23:05

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AAAAHHHH!! You know, I should probably know that from my brush firefighting days, but we always used Blackhawks.

Viggen > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 23:49

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Now that's a heavy lifter. Ericson Air Crane has done a good job keeping the S-64 around.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman 07/08/2014 at 23:54

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So where is this?

PatBateman > ttyymmnn 07/09/2014 at 09:29

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A regional airport just southwest of Houston.