AIR CRANE PICTURE - Building The New Olympic Chair

Siller Bros, Sikorsky S-64E / Ericson Air Crane S-64E

Air Crane

Here is a picture of the Air Crane Helicopter that was used for the new Olympic Chair at Heavenly Mountain Resort last summer. The Air Crane did laps over the Boulder Lift and Run (Heavenly North Area) hauling things to and from the new Olympic Chair area down to the Boulder Parking Lot (South Lake Tahoe can be seen in the background). It was used to transport trees that were removed out of the Olympic Chair area and for the placement of the large support poles for the new chairlift.

Air Crane Helicopters were also used to fight the major forest fire in South Lake Tahoe last summer.

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