tags: Like a Bird on a Wire, wow, streaming video
A clip from a documentary entitled 'Straight Up' with men being transported by helicopter, then working on live power cables carrying more than half a million volts.
By wearing a suit made from fire retardent material and stainless steel thread, creating a 'Faraday cage', then attaching a metal wire to the helicopter, which must remain off the ground, these people work on live high voltage power lines. [3:11]
Wow, just wow. The human capacity for conquering instinctive fears never fails to amaze me. That last line cracked me up. lol
Maxwell's Equations. It works*... people(**)
* - within domain of applicability
** - family friendly site?
I go along with the "Wow!" I have seen videos of people doing this and it went bad, with the helicopter going down. These people are truly brave!
Dave Briggs :~)
I get vertigo just thinking about watching that...
*whimper*
Bob
Amazing that some people can do that for a living.
Must be really frightening if the wind picks up while you're working or even just a sudden gust.