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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Lancaster" data-source="post: 177911" data-attributes="member: 6154">Hi guys!My brother sent me this link. Boy does this bring back a lot of memories of my playground.I knew a bunch of guys that worked there but unfortunately, I never met the Dummy Loads. These guys rock! Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3C4BzJTJA&amp;ab_channel=CWood incidentally, the dummy load of station Haiku could absorb a hundred and fifty thousand watts. Large 'A' frames with rows of giant resisters. Biggest toaster I ever saw! I've always heard stories of all the pigs running around Haiku, but I never heard the story of the li'll piggie running around the transmitter room. Isn't she cute, WILD!!Both the Hughes 500C and the Huey UH1 are piloted by Tom Houghman, a Vietnam vet. The 500C shown on the ground is the same one used to rescue a film crew out of Kilauea's Puu Oho vent. That was after two 500s suffered turbine failures due to ingesting volcanic ash and gases. On the third day, Tom fished out the last guy, he was barely alive. Oh hey, this happens to be the same chopper I saw Tom do a corkscrew dive (twice) from about twenty-five hundred feet to the valley floor. This guy is either certifiably crazy, or incredibly skilled. He's still flying to this day soooooo......&nbsp; Ok let's party!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Lancaster, post: 177911, member: 6154"] Hi guys! My brother sent me this link. Boy does this bring back a lot of memories of my playground. I knew a bunch of guys that worked there but unfortunately, I never met the Dummy Loads. These guys rock! Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe3C4BzJTJA&ab_channel=CWood incidentally, the dummy load of station Haiku could absorb a hundred and fifty thousand watts. Large 'A' frames with rows of giant resisters. Biggest toaster I ever saw! I've always heard stories of all the pigs running around Haiku, but I never heard the story of the li'll piggie running around the transmitter room. Isn't she cute, WILD!! Both the Hughes 500C and the Huey UH1 are piloted by Tom Houghman, a Vietnam vet. The 500C shown on the ground is the same one used to rescue a film crew out of Kilauea's Puu Oho vent. That was after two 500s suffered turbine failures due to ingesting volcanic ash and gases. On the third day, Tom fished out the last guy, he was barely alive. Oh hey, this happens to be the same chopper I saw Tom do a corkscrew dive (twice) from about twenty-five hundred feet to the valley floor. This guy is either certifiably crazy, or incredibly skilled. He's still flying to this day soooooo...... Ok let's party!! [/QUOTE]

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