April 23, 2007


Like A Bird on a Wire: 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.

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