Spotting @ home....

[Triple Nickel]

I was just driving in to the street were I live as I got a phonecall from a very excited ''copter''. In a field (between Horst and Kronenberg) a R44 was doing some agriculture spraying work. So I grabbed my camera and drove the 2 kilometres to the location.

There we could take some very nice pics of the ''workhorse''. The friendly people of the helicopter and the farmer invited us to come up to the roof to take shots from there. Very nice indeed!

With the last pass the helo came head to head to us and turned about 10 feet over our heads and had it's spraying system still on. The farmer told us these chemicals were not dangerous... So I just protected my camera... We'll we are used to snif some kerosine, and I survived 25 minutes of sniffing exhaust gass from a Tu22 blackjack at a range of 50 metres so I guess these few chemiclas can't affect me at all....

Maybe I look a bit greener in the future..

Anyway: here are some pics:














Greetz, Ron

[Copter]

Here some pictures which I made:










(Thanks to Ron for hosting my pictures !)

The helicopter type should be a Schweitzer 269C (registration PH-PHZ).

Copter

[heinz-w]

I don't quite understand why the heli is spraying the glass roofs.

[Rockbar-m]

vielleicht etwas gegen algenwachstum oder ähnliches?

[BWAirlines]

Omschrijving
Registratie PH-PHZ
Registratienummer 4449
Naam Houder A.M. Prince
Adres Veerdijk 29
Postcode 4316 AV
Woonplaats ZONNEMAIRE
Type Luchtvaartuig Schweizer 269C
Type Motoren 1 HIO-360-D1A
Serienummer S1384
Bouwjaar 1989
MTOM 930
Luchtwaardigheids categorie code CS-27
Bewijs van inschrijving geldig tot
Bewijs van luchtwaardigheid geldig tot 16-04-2008
Rol Houder Holder/Owner
Categorie luchtvaartuig Helicopter (Piston)
Telefoonnummer Houder 0111-415703

[Joe Cool]

Hallo !!

Sag mal, sind dir in deiner Gegend schon irgendwelche Mutanten entgegengekommen ?? Oder Personen mit grünen Pickeln oder seltsamen Haarfarben ?? Sind schon Menschen plötzlich verschwunden oder Ähnliches ??

Allzu gesund sieht es nämlich nicht aus was der Huby da versprüht ......

Liebe Grüße

Joe

[Moe]

Hallo !!

Sag mal, sind dir in deiner Gegend schon irgendwelche Mutanten entgegengekommen ?? Oder Personen mit grünen Pickeln oder seltsamen Haarfarben ?? Sind schon Menschen plötzlich verschwunden oder Ähnliches ??

@ Joe:
Sicher!

[NiesiausBo]

Das Sams

[Copter]

As far as I understood from the crew the helicopter sprayed some material which "stops" the sunlight but not the heat ..... (or something like that).

Copter

[Triple Nickel]

Mmmmmmm now the local newspaper falls onto the floor.... so I pick it up, and guess what: My photo on the frontcover...

Finally that EOS30D pays off...

PS: The white stuff they sprayed was just harmless chalk...



Greetz, Ron