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Super Puma at work

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:02 pm
by 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.

ImageIMG_3278A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8288A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8294A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8308A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8329A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8339A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8361A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8367A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8372A by L11nny, on Flickr

ImageIMG_8378A by L11nny, on Flickr

There are some more on my Flickr pages

Thanks for looking
Andy

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:14 pm
by andygolfer
a fascinating story Andy - thanks for sharing it

Andy

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 2:10 pm
by Mike
An excellent set of very interesting shots, thanks for posting them Andy. :) :thumb:

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:40 pm
by Paultojo
Very interesting and well taken images :thumb:

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:46 am
by Wallie
Beautiful photos and a fascinating series of how such things are constructed :thumb: :thumb:

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:23 pm
by LondonEye
Different and interesting to see. Thanks.
Pete.

Re: Super Puma at work

Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 2:00 pm
by bernie
Thank you for sharing these great shots!