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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by ghaff on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:47AM (#13089515)
>paranoid regulators

Like the paranoid regulators who banned helicopters after one fell off the top of the Pan Am building. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/helicopter-flips-park-av...

What could go wrong with a dense network of flying objects carrying heavy deliveries over densely trafficked thoroughfares?

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by nashashmi on Friday December 02, 2016 @09:15PM (#13093882)
In Medina, SA, there is a law that every hotel must have a helipad.

A helipad would be sorely needed on Trump Towers for President-elect. I wonder if they would change the law for him.

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Re:Downside of Lower Manhattan’s Boom: It’s Too Crowded by illumin8 on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:13AM (#13089771)
This is from 1977. An accident caused by a structurally unsound helipad almost 40 years ago should be a reason why we never allow drones to deliver packages in the city?

> “It appeared it was a structural fault that had nothing to do with the flight,” he said.

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