Comments on: Airlift fails: fossil whale skull too heavy for helicopter http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/19/airlift-fails-fossil-whale-skull-too-heavy-for-helicopter/1020/ All things green in Orange County. Wed, 19 May 2010 22:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Froggmann http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/19/airlift-fails-fossil-whale-skull-too-heavy-for-helicopter/1020/#comment-320 Froggmann Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:27:02 +0000 http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/?p=1020#comment-320 They did estimate the weight. They just didn't count on the fossil being 1000 Lb. heavier than it should have been and the 2000 Lbs. of extra weight (Full Fuel, Fire Spotter & FF Equipment) the heli showed up with. BTW the same heli sans extra weight safely moved the fossil to a waiting truck this morning. They did estimate the weight. They just didn’t count on the fossil being 1000 Lb. heavier than it should have been and the 2000 Lbs. of extra weight (Full Fuel, Fire Spotter & FF Equipment) the heli showed up with.

BTW the same heli sans extra weight safely moved the fossil to a waiting truck this morning.

]]> By: joe http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/19/airlift-fails-fossil-whale-skull-too-heavy-for-helicopter/1020/#comment-296 joe Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:42:04 +0000 http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/?p=1020#comment-296 Who's the idiot who wasted a few hours of very expensive helicopter time without correctly estimating the weight!? Who’s the idiot who wasted a few hours of very expensive helicopter time without correctly estimating the weight!?

]]> By: Dina http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/19/airlift-fails-fossil-whale-skull-too-heavy-for-helicopter/1020/#comment-294 Dina Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:04:28 +0000 http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/?p=1020#comment-294 Very cool. Fossils are everywhere in the Talega area. Very cool. Fossils are everywhere in the Talega area.

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