sling load

Correctly apply methods for slinging loads of different shapes and masses.

A sling load shall not be lifted with a chain having a kink in it.

• A sling load proved heavier than the pilot expected, and he couldn’t get airborne.

The pilot released the sling load, while the helicopter was in a nose-high attitude.

It would be some time before troops would be experts at using sling loads.

Soldiers must pass both tests to move on to the Sling Load Phase.

Now, watching people clip sling loads to the underbelly of a helicopter has become part of our daily life.

The Jet-Cat was also equipped to carry slung loads.

Operational safety is enhanced as the pilot is not distracted by having to monitor a sling load.

Helicopters flew in sling loads of cargo.

We were just about to call it a night when one of the pilots said he needed to do a NVG slung load.

You'd have to sling-load it under the helo, and I don't know who we'd get to do a night low-level penetration with a slung load.

Rather than a simple hook that could handle a range of slung loads, this was a crane designed around the use of an integral grab.

Activities for advanced students will include low flying exercises along the river, sling load competitions and mustering competitions.

Helicopter carrying sling load of climbing equipment..

BPA uses helicopters to sling load maintenance workers inspecting and repairing power lines.

Civilian flying crane helicopter with a gondola under the lengthened nose for controlling slung loads up to 2,000kg (4,400lb).

All crane operators, and people involved in slinging loads and directing lifting operations, must be trained and competent.

The first air drop of four guided JPADS systems from a sling load.

Marty speaks to the people, promising to limit the sling load on the winches so that accidents like the one which killed Barney cannot happen again.

The demonstration and test used an unmanned EC145 to deploy an external sling load and perform a representative observation mission.

I made all the appropriate calls to position the helicopter above the load and we lifted off for a quick circuit back to the slung load area.

Endorsement training includes mustering, sling load, low flying, and aircraft type endorsements on both single and multi-engine helicopters.

Similar approaches based on pole-balancing automata were used to control submersible vehicles and develop a control system for helicopters carrying sling loads.

A K-MAX has been used for demolition work by having a wrecking ball as a slung load.