December 19, 2006: The last of the Grace Superstructure
The worksite at about 9:30. Chris Vocci and his 7750 coupled to
the rear of the Grace superstructure
and Manny stablizibing the front of the Grace superstructure
Carlos (on the near side) and Stan on the far side
Nugget in the front
Fire from Nugget over the temp support and Carlos in the middle (right)
Chris holding up his end, Manny holding up his end and our acrobats
doing their thing
Stan (left) and Carlos (right) making the splice plate cut
Here is a catalog of the cutting positions - according to the
Nugget classification system. Nugget has revised his classfication
system -
check the March 18, 2006 edition.
Carlos demonstrating position 1,
the sitting position
Stan demonstrating position 2, the kneeling position
Carlos demonstrating position 3, the prone position
Stan demonstrating position 4, the straddle position
A full view of position 4
Stan demonstrating position 5, the bending position
Nugget demonstrating position 0, the chillin' position
Stan make a small variation in position 5, the bending position
Carlos displaying position 6, the back away position
Separation below
and separation above
and Manny starts his platex maneuver, lift and separate
Up, up and away.
Click to watch Manny do his thing
(4 MB mpg)
While Chris stablizes the other half
Total separation
a little rotation
and down
under the watchful eyes of Carlos and Stan
more rotation and lowering
down
Almost down
and touchdown
And here she is
Now Manny drops the lift cables
and a pleased Paul and Manny