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A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday, eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane (...)
A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday, eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane (...)

A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday, eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane (...)

Date3/5/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: A $4 million Helicopter with main rotor blades 72 feet in diameter arrived at the Toronto Island Airport yesterday; eready to lift a 47 1/2-ton crane off the CN Tower and add 300-ton antenna. Technically; the copter is Sikorsky S-64E Skycrane but the pilots call it Olga; anice Russian name to go with Sikorsky. Olga will start work tomorrow morning; the job is expected to take at least a month. There'll seats at Harborfront to watch the show.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0109831F
Hanging onto their hats to ward off wind, sand and rain sprayed by the whirling blades of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter during exercises at Camp (...)
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Future champs?, The annual competitions of the Silver Blades Skating Club began yesterday at Central Arena
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Back on blades
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Don McPherson Demonstrates Spectacular Style, Stratford skater's new blades could bring him triple crown
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Image shows a ship on the lake.
Length 170' Beam 42'; Length of Ladder 80' - length of Spuds 70'; Engine horse power 1750; Diameter of Impellor - 8-feet; Diameter of suction 24-inches; Diameter of discharge 24-inches; Swing 200-feet.
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