Erickson Air Crane at Drumuir wind farm site near Keith in Moray.
Shipped across from North America during November 2017 specially to enable a 200 unit pylon line to be transported from the Blachhillock wind farm at Keith in Moray to Dufftown from Drummuir at Keith in Scotland, On completion of its task the aircraft will fly down to Montrose where it will be dismantled ready for shipping back to the States in February 2018. The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane is an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter. It is the civil version of the United States Army's CH-54 Tarhe. It is currently produced as the S-64 Aircrane by the Erickson Air-Crane company The Sikorsky S-64 was designed as an enlarged version of the prototype flying crane helicopter, the Sikorsky S-60. The S-64 had a six-blade main rotor and was powered by two 4,050 shaft horsepower (3,020 kW) Pratt & Whitney JFTD12A turboshaft engines. The prototype S-64 first flew on 9 May 1962 and was followed by two further examples for evaluation by the German armed Germans did not place an order, but the United States Army placed an initial order for six S-64A helicopters (with the designation YCH-54A Tarhe). Seven S-64E variants were built by Sikorsky for the civil market.
Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Drummuir, Keith Moray. Scotland., UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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