N239CH heavy equipment lift

This was shot on the afternoon of October 25, 2008 in Seattle, WA. It was lifting heavy equipment (air conditioning components) from the parking lot to the roof. It was scheduled for 28 lifts in two days. Winds were light at ground level, maybe gusting to 10mph. He did an excellent job. You can see a little swaying at one point, but that's it. Good job. The aircraft is a 1981 Boeing Vertol 234, serial number MJ006. Tail number N239CH

Internap Network Services maintenance notification:

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EVENT ID: 100972




SERVICES/EQUIPMENT: Helicopter Lift



This notification is to inform you that Internap will be monitoring

maintenance at our SEF003 location, located at 3355 S 120th Place,

Seattle, WA 98168. This maintenance is designed to be transparent to

your operations.



The maintenance is scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 25, 2008,

at 8:00 a.m. and will end by Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

(Local Time).



Another tenant in the building is expanding their data center which

requires them to perform a series of helicopter lifts. Approximately

28 lifts will be performed over the course of the 2 day event. The

FAA has mandated that the building be evacuated in a 300' Radius from

the point of landing on the roof during the lift times.



Both points of entry into the building fall within the 300' Radius

therefore access to the building will be limited to mission critical

emergencies as each required entry will require the helicopter lift

to cease until the 300' Radius is clear again. Depending on where in

the lift process the helicopter is at when an emergency is apparent,

it could take up to 30 minutes to gain access.



Roughly the Northern quarter of the Internap Data Center is outside

of the 300' Radius and can be occupied. Prior to the restricted

times, Internap will post Engineers within the ~1/4th of the facility

not impacted to assist customers with Remote Hands. Remote Hands

response times will be susceptible to delays as a result of the in

ability to access the entire data center at any given time during the

lift window. Internap will be able to perform brief Remote Hands

requests during the times in which the helicopter is being rigged

with the next piece of equipment to be lifted and during the ~30

minute refueling window.



This work is contingent on the weather and clear visibility, if its

raining too hard to complete all or any of the lifts over this 2 day

event, the following weekend 11/1 & 11/2 will be used to complete the

lifts with the same restrictions.



It is recommended that Customers do not schedule maintenance or

upgrades for this weekend unless outside of the lifting windows as

access will be restricted.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Chinook
• Boeing
• 234
• helicopter
• chopper
• equipment
• lift

[JWSmythe]

As I always tell people, I don't believe helicopters fly. Airplanes make perfect sense. Helicopters? no way. :) Ya, I do know technically how they work. It just doesn't seem right, even when I was standing there watching this one while I was filming it.

Helicopter pilots have my deep respect, as they are the purveyors of a very special black magic.

[camokid01]

errrr ide hate to tell you, but the CH 47 chinook is a medium lift helicopter not a heavy lift helicopter.

[JWSmythe]

@camokid01

Well, from what I found, it is heavy lift.

The Boeing page indicates it's for very heavy cargo

Wikipedia clarifies this as this would be a CH-47D, which is the only one the FAA authorized for commercial/civilian use.

Previous models had smaller engines, which you may be confusing it with.

[JWSmythe]

Helicopterjack, 

They were done before Monday morning. :) I'm posting the maintaince notification in the description area for clarification.

[Vanyaaynav]

The Russian helicopter can carry CH together with this cargo

[ElectroMecca]

It's amazing manmade had made aircraft that can lift themselves, let alone heavy HVAC equipment, etc...

[K1w1scot]

I wonder if this is one of the converted 'nooks' that used to do the North Sea oil support in the 80s? Anyone know?

[TheDb351c]

Excellent pilot

[camokid01]

@JWSmythe oh right, my mistake then, im only going by British military ones which proberbly have some extra fuel and armour taking up some of the lifting weight makign it a medium lift. the civilian versions must be different.

[chris234fixr]

hmm. case or jay...Im gona say case

[heligreasemonkey]

bushman14 better be either casey jones or jason muller calling 39 thier girl