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Erickson Air-Crane – Flying Magazine

This Skycrane passed through Cleveland in April 2009. Photo: Bernie Conaway - OPShots Contributor

The phone rang — it was my dad, and it was bad news.

“I’m standing on the sand,” he said, using a phone borrowed from the resident of a Malibu beach house. “I’m looking up the hill and the fire’s heading right for our house. The guys fighting it on the ground can’t get in there. The only hope we’ve got is those big helicopters. One of them’s filling up right behind me.”

via Erickson Air-Crane | Flying Magazine | The World’s Most Widely Read Aviation Magazine.

About the author

Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.

I started OPShots in June 2006 as a place to share and display aviation photos without the often restrictive policies of other aviation websites. I want to share my love of aviation with fellow aviation geeks and provide a spotlight on Cleveland Hopkins International airport in the process.

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