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Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF

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Nov 7 11:47 AM EST

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To: Steve Parrino who wrote (11257)	1/3/1998 7:01:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (2) of 22053

Steve yes they are used a lot in logging because it doesn't disrupt the soil, the Mississippi one was most likely what's called a Skycrane. They also use the Skycrane for fire fighting. When my brother was flying they were doing what's called yum yarding (sp)with small choppers, that's where they go in after the main trees have been logged and get the smaller stuff left behind. He said it took a while to learn the tricks of getting the logs off the ground. They'd pull them down slope then lift them, some would be too heavy and they'd have to drop them, which pissed off the choker setter who had to retrieve the cable and hike back with it to where they could reconnect it. Also the log would act as a weight that swung out to the sides in corners pulling against the aircraft. He said they could throw the logs by releasing it at the right time. I'm sure the experience of flying with something dangling from the craft is the edge the Mississippi Guard had over the Texas pilots.

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