A cable drum suspended on a longline beneath a helicopter, being placed onto a tower footing on a remote ridge
Industrial · hillside site

A cable drum onto a tower footing, on a line

Underslung longline placement onto transmission infrastructure that no crane could reach.

The tower sat on a ridge with no vehicle access. The load went in underslung, on a line, with the pilot working to a ground marshal because the drum was not visible from the cockpit at the moment of placement.

Longline flying is unforgiving and weather-dependent. On this job the honest answer on the first morning was that the wind was wrong. We flew it the following day.

Mission detail
Aircraft Bell 206L LongRangerRegistration ZS-RHZMethod Underslung longlineSector Power & construction

Filed under Industrial

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For over ten years, Aviation ONE has been one of our most trusted partners on filming expeditions. Even in remote parts of Africa, faced with unexpected challenges, they stayed composed and took care of every detail. We focused on our work; they made everything else possible.

Internationally recognised art institution · client of more than ten years

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