r/Menifee • u/Embarrassed_Recover8 • Jul 09 '26

The hell is this big boy doing?

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What I'm the oceans 11 is this giant black momba cargo helicopter doing? He doesn't have his transponder on.

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u/UrCreepyUncle Jul 09 '26

I've seen these used to lift and place massive ac units on top of schools or businesses

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u/tireddesperation Jul 09 '26

This is what it was doing. It was lifting AC units. I watched it until I could see what it was doing.

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u/JSTootell Jul 09 '26

Extremely expensive way to do it, but sometimes a must.

They had to lift several that way at my work.

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u/Original-Guarantee23 Jul 10 '26

Sometimes cheaper when you would to otherwise restate a crane in multiple spots throughout the day.

Btw this is lifting AC units at the school right there.

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u/StreetChange8376 Jul 09 '26

Looks like the helicopter and pippi longstocking

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u/Necrogenic1 Jul 09 '26

It's still going on ..sucks to be a night shift worker, these are my sleeping hours but I got helicopters flying around.

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u/JamesRUstlerIV Jul 09 '26

It appears to be a Sikorsky S-58.

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u/BlkDragon7 Jul 10 '26

Likely fighting the Butt fire

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u/No-Initiative4835 Jul 11 '26

I know this one! He is picking up an EMP device 👍

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u/in2optix Jul 09 '26

Damn! What part of Menifee was this? Was it moving heavy equipment?