Super Puma at work

[Andy L]

Evening Folks
Over the past few months RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Électricité) have been doing some major work on the HT line
between Rennes and St Malo. Part of this involved replacing just over 100 Pylons, 24 of which had to be done using
the Puma. The pylons were assembled (just like giant Mecano) on one site and then flown to their respected locations.
Each pylon was flown in 3 sections. The Puma is only allowed to fly for 5000m with an underslung load so several sites
were used.
I caught it in a field by an industrial estate at Quebriac where there were 7 pylons to be moved, it was also visiting
another site at the same time.

IMG_3278A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8288A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8294A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8308A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8329A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8339A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8361A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8367A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8372A by L11nny, on Flickr

IMG_8378A by L11nny, on Flickr

There are some more on my Flickr pages

Thanks for looking
Andy

[andygolfer]

a fascinating story Andy - thanks for sharing it

Andy

[Mike]

An excellent set of very interesting shots, thanks for posting them Andy.

[Paultojo]

Very interesting and well taken images

[Wallie]

Beautiful photos and a fascinating series of how such things are constructed

[LondonEye]

Different and interesting to see. Thanks.
Pete.

[bernie]

Thank you for sharing these great shots!