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Originally Posted by Seahawk
....I used to walk the factory floor when I had slack time at the Sikorsky Factory.....
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Sikorsky?!
We have a company here in town, Erickson Air Crane, that takes clapped out Sikorsky's and builds them into wildfire fighting helicopters (or logging, heavy lift, etc)! I got a pretty exensive tour of their facility and their "bone yard." The facility takes them in as beaters at one end, dismantles them completely, fully refurbishes them, and out the other end is a flying fire-fighting helicopter!
But the boneyard is the best. Those helicopters are waiting their turn at restoration. Busted down, inoperable, scavanged, even with bullet holes in them. Some real, real interesting stories in that bunch if they could talk, Extremely cool place!!!
angela