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Tandem-rotor helicopter lifting a log Helicopter pruning. Heli-logging, or helicopter logging, is a method of logging that uses helicopters to remove cut trees from forests by lifting them on cables attached to a helicopter. [1] Helicopter logging is often used in inaccessible areas of forests. Because the use of helicopters reduces the level ...
Logging is the beginning of a supply chain that provides raw material for many products societies worldwide use for housing, construction, energy, and consumer paper products. Logging systems are also used to manage forests, reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore ecosystem functions, [2] though their efficiency for these purposes has been ...
Shovel logging – transport of multiple logs close to the logging road using a stationary loader, often used to minimize soil disturbance; Heli-logging – transport of logs from the forest to the landing via helicopter, most commonly used in inaccessible areas or to minimize impact on the soil
A heavy-equipment operator working at a logging operation in Polk County was flown by an emergency helicopter Thursday afternoon after the machine flipped over with him inside, SW Polk Fire ...
The method of variable retention is a more deliberate process than clearcutting. In some cases helicopters take the logs out. The use of the helicopters avoid the need to build logging roads inside the forest and hence avoid the disturbance of the forest floor. Yet, helicopter logging is less fuel efficient than truck use.
These organizations recognized a need to move beyond reliance on conventional hover entry-exit techniques (still widely used). [8] The system has proved to be safe, and cost effective, and now constitutes part of the search and rescue safety plans within the province of BC, with over 15 teams currently using the technique.
Air medical transport specialist Air Methods announced yesterday it had received a contract worth $44.8 million from Sikorsky Aircraft to help modernize the U.S. Army's air ambulance fleet.
It included 6 light helicopters, 4 medium helicopters, 10 fixed wing firebombers, 1 infra-red line scanning fixed wing aircraft and 1 light reconnaissance twin engine fixed wing aircraft. [ 15 ] The introduction of heavy firebombing helicopters like the Erickson S-64 Air Crane ( Elvis ) that could lift and carry 9500 litres of water and had a ...