POV from the crazy christmas tree helicopter guy

A pleasant fall day in western Oregon putting trees in trucks with a Bell 206 B Jetranger helicopter during the annual Christmas tree harvest season.
siftbotsays...

Self promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 5:06pm PST - promote requested by original submitter shveddy.

SFOGuysays...

At 38 seconds, you can see the wires of death (electrical power transmission lines)---which would snag and pull that chopper out of the sky in second if that guy lost situational awareness...

rychansays...

I'm really surprised that this is more economical than simply having well spread out vehicle paths through the farm. A helicopter + a skilled pilot must be damn expensive to operate.

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