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[coskibum]

that name seems redundant.

[Lift Dinosaur]

The top terminal "P" Tubes, all towers, pilot rope and comm line were flown on Friday. Plus 8 yards of concrete for the top operator station footing. Mechanisms and related parts go up on Monday.

[djspookman]

Lift Dinosaur, on Oct 2 2005, 10:07 AM, said:

The top terminal "P" Tubes, all towers, pilot rope and comm line were flown on Friday. Plus 8 yards of concrete for the top operator station footing. Mechanisms and related parts go up on Monday.

sweet!:) Hopefull i'll be able to ride it when i'm there in December! (if there's snow that early!)

dave

[Mike]

if all goes well, load test should be around Oct 15th... The drive end electrical and mechanical is pretty much done and the return shouldn't take long at all.

[ski9600]

I've seen the Chinook copter over the 10 mile range a few times this morning. Are they still hauling stuff up for the terminal (I can see the chopper from Copper base, but not the load) or are they hauling stuff back down already?

[Lift Dinosaur]

ski9600, on Oct 4 2005, 11:42 AM, said:

I've seen the Chinook copter over the 10 mile range a few times this morning. Are they still hauling stuff up for the terminal (I can see the chopper from Copper base, but not the load) or are they hauling stuff back down already?

Yes and Yes. Everything went up today - the terminal is erected and all "Miscellaneous" hauled to the top. All unnecessary loads and equipment (including an excavator from the top and an mini-excavator from Tower 7) were flown back to the parking lot.
Incredible effort by the L-P Boys and Columbia Helicopters. The operation was shut down yesterday by gusty winds, but today the were STRONG, but steady, with the Contour being set at 13,600 Lbs.
Some photos to follow.

[ski9600]

Great, looking forward to photos!

[Lift Dinosaur]

Let's see if this works- Here are some photos I took. Unfortunately, I was under the hook both days and its hard to hook, stand up in the rotor wash, and take pictures at the same time!

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[djspookman]

Lift Dinosaur, on Oct 5 2005, 02:12 PM, said:

Let's see if this works- Here are some photos I took. Unfortunately, I was under the hook both days and its hard to hook, stand up in the rotor wash, and take pictures at the same time!

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thanks for the pics!

dave

[SkiBachelor]

Nice pictures Mike.

Has Breckenridge started construction on the terminal buildings?

[Lift Dinosaur]

The bottom terminal is up and enclosed with wiring going on at this time. The top including accell/decell mechanisms, contour, lorry, bullwheel, windows, roof, etc. were all flown into place with the 234. Now, "Some adult assembly is required".
If you look in the line photos, you can see one of the mechanisms off to the right of the top terminal. That was an attempt on Sunday, but the winds were too gusty and they set it down. It was put up on Tuesday.

[floridaskier]

By 'enclosed' do you mean there's gonna be a building around it? That piece of the top terminal looks like it's going outside

[Kicking Horse]

I was up in Breck today. And could see the top terminal. Or something that looked likea terminal from highway 9.

[Lift Dinosaur]

floridaskier, on Oct 5 2005, 04:53 PM, said:

By 'enclosed' do you mean there's gonna be a building around it? That piece of the top terminal looks like it's going outside

By enclosed I mean that the terminal is complete with windows and roof. It is a standard L-P terminal enclosure. The piece at the top is one side of the accell/decell mechanism that was set off to the side because of high winds which prevented it from being set in place on the P-Tubes. The picture was taken on Monday during the "wind delay". The mechanism was set in place on Tuesday.