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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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  • 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.
  • 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 (...)
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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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