[bearcat6]

A job with a view.

 

[TommyGunn]

No thanks, I get nosebleeds in high places.

 

[stand watie]

bearcat6,

Fwiw, I'd BET that that guy is a MOHAWK, inasmuch as those AmerIndians are often BORN W/O a fear of heights.
(NOT all of them but evidently MOST.)

Babies are usually born with TWO natural fears: FALLING & being COLD, according to child development folks.

A friend who is of that Nation says that 90% of the men (and some women) who want a job are "working high steel".

yours, sw

 

[CaptainGyro]

Once, just before takeoff in an A-37, I found out that my radar transponder was inop. There was about a 1200 foot overcast, and since I was flying a low-level route anyway, I elected to just cancel my instrument flight plan and take off VFR (visual flight rules).

I got airborne, leveled off just below the ceiling, and headed for the entry point. About five minutes after takeoff I was feeling pretty proud of myself when I caught just the faintest glimpse of a light straight ahead. I stared at the spot, and sure enough it flashed again, this time accompanied by others above and below. As I approached at about four miles a minute, I realized in short order that it was a TV antenna, that it went all the way up into the overcast, that it was surrounded by guy-wires, and that there were three of them, smack dab in front of me and getting bigger fast. I made a hard turn and missed the left-most tower and its wires by just a few hundred feet.

That day I gained a new-found respect for the guys who keep those strobe lights in good working order.

 

[bearcat6]

bearcat6,

Fwiw, I'd BET that that guy is a MOHAWK, inasmuch as those AmerIndians are often BORN W/O a fear of heights.
(NOT all of them but evidently MOST.)

Babies are usually born with TWO natural fears: FALLING & being COLD, according to child development folks.

A friend who is of that Nation says that 90% of the men (and some women) who want a job are "working high steel".

yours, sw

I know about the Mohawk iron workers. I think they helped build most of the tall buildings in NYC.

 

[stand watie]

bearcat6,

100% CORRECT.

When we lost ALL of the emergency service radio towers in Charlotte during Hurricane Hugo & the several tornados that followed it, a ham radio friend of mine made a phone call to a friend in northern NY & like magic a crew of Mohawk & Huron volunteers appeared within 48 hours with all the things necessary to get the emergency repairs completed.
(Most, though NOT all, of them were also ham operators & OBVIOUSLY masters at repairing storm damage.)

I was stunned to watch them work together, as it looked "choreographed". = Everybody not only knew his/her job but they seemed to know every other guy's job too.

yours, sw

 

[Tim Burke]

When we lost ALL of the emergency service radio towers in Charlotte during Hurricane Andrew

Hugo?

 

[IrishCop]

I don't know what they pay that guy...

But it ain't near enough. mg:

 

[IrishCop]

Once, just before takeoff in an A-37, I found out that my radar transponder was inop. There was about a 1200 foot overcast, and since I was flying a low-level route anyway, I elected to just cancel my instrument flight plan and take off VFR (visual flight rules).

I got airborne, leveled off just below the ceiling, and headed for the entry point. About five minutes after takeoff I was feeling pretty proud of myself when I caught just the faintest glimpse of a light straight ahead. I stared at the spot, and sure enough it flashed again, this time accompanied by others above and below. As I approached at about four miles a minute, I realized in short order that it was a TV antenna, that it went all the way up into the overcast, that it was surrounded by guy-wires, and that there were three of them, smack dab in front of me and getting bigger fast. I made a hard turn and missed the left-most tower and its wires by just a few hundred feet.

That day I gained a new-found respect for the guys who keep those strobe lights in good working order.

I would've had to change my flight suit. And probably replace the seat in that thing, too.