The Death and Life of Helicopter Commuting in NYC

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@Northstar1989
@Northstar1989 7 жыл бұрын
5 deaths with 500,000 passengers transported a year? That's a horrifying accodent- but statistically, it's safer than ground transit...
@jaymassengill3340
@jaymassengill3340 7 жыл бұрын
Not specifically mentioned in this video, there were two much worse crashes in LA over the span of just 3 months in 1968 that killed a total of 44 people. Flight 417 and Flight 841 on Los Angeles Airways. I remember the news reporting on the crash in NYC vividly, but not the earlier ones in LA. It's actually surprising, despite the statistics about flight safety, that flights continued in the crowded center of NYC after the LA crashes where they actually fell out of the sky but didn't hurt anyone on the ground.
@Angry.General1461
@Angry.General1461 7 жыл бұрын
Supadubya There more people that died in commercial airline crashes than helicopter crashes. Why don't they ground the Airlines?
@scythelord
@scythelord 7 жыл бұрын
Because the number of Airline flights is greater than the number of helicopter flights by several orders of magnitude. Helicopters are far more likely to crash and cause fatalities.
@tvoommen4688
@tvoommen4688 7 жыл бұрын
It was an accident that was waiting to happen ; ( "I really did become scared that something was going to happen ") finally when it did happen, they didn't have to think twice. So much futuristic was the idea for those days.
@Patchuchan
@Patchuchan 6 жыл бұрын
It's probably safer than walking the streets below.
@ellenpitel1577
@ellenpitel1577 3 жыл бұрын
My dad started flying NY Airways helicopters in 1953 and flew for 24 years until the aircraft he was flying lost a rotor box and crashed in 1977 which ended all operations. He suffered life threatening injuries but survived although 3 passengers did not. However his years of experience saved all the others because with no steering he still managed to manuver the crash landing away from the busy NJ Turnpike. He lived til 90 years of age.
@nathangek
@nathangek 6 жыл бұрын
"Probably the most challenging thing I've ever done... except for getting shot in Vietnam. haha" what a badass haha
@pricelessppp
@pricelessppp 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@ameyab900
@ameyab900 6 жыл бұрын
Sitting here in Vietnam made me chuckle how much these people now welcome tourists from all around
@terrariabookshhelf6317
@terrariabookshhelf6317 6 жыл бұрын
PNathan mym grandfather actually got shot down in vietnam
@justicewarrior9187
@justicewarrior9187 6 жыл бұрын
Was gonna write the same comment!
@MikeM4729
@MikeM4729 6 жыл бұрын
Shot at, not ‘shot’
@asterisk4163
@asterisk4163 7 жыл бұрын
The incident 40 years ago with uncontrolled rotor blades killed 5 people brought an end to the industry, and now the come back company is named "blade", irony.
@saltysoysauce954
@saltysoysauce954 5 жыл бұрын
Barely but ok
@roe2012
@roe2012 5 жыл бұрын
Thanksfully the helicopter not wearing black sunglasses, black leather jacket, and act like dumbass everywhere. *if you know what i mean
@kevindavis8762
@kevindavis8762 3 жыл бұрын
Not to be outdone, there is a startup airplane manufacturer named "Boom." Seriously, who thinks of these terrible company names???
@TFQ1
@TFQ1 3 жыл бұрын
Poor choice of words. Even without the incident happening. People are always skeptical about a heli rotor blade slicing you up.
@premiereproforbeginners5084
@premiereproforbeginners5084 7 жыл бұрын
For those wondering, $5 in the 50s is about 50 bucks in today's money.
@luka2595
@luka2595 7 жыл бұрын
Premiere Pro for Beginners still not much for rlaying from pan amm to jfk
@japzone
@japzone 7 жыл бұрын
Premiere Pro for Beginners, that's actually pretty cheap. Too bad we won't be seeing prices like that for a while.
@jeoboden
@jeoboden 7 жыл бұрын
Buy bitcoin edit: if you bought because of this comment i hope you sold after you doubled your money because I will not refund your 50% losses. Just buy more now and wait a year. This is definitely financial advice
@slimpickens9135
@slimpickens9135 7 жыл бұрын
Premiere Pro for Beginners wrong
@watertriton
@watertriton 7 жыл бұрын
It's actually $100
@CallieMasters5000
@CallieMasters5000 7 жыл бұрын
There has been a regularly scheduled, affordable helicopter transfer service between Monaco and Nice airport for many years now. It takes 7 minutes and goes every 15 minutes. I think there's been one crash, but it still runs. Very useful.
@sabo7433
@sabo7433 7 жыл бұрын
That girl on the street was some 1970's Final Destination shit. How fucking random.
@quasarproductions2690
@quasarproductions2690 7 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have worded that any better! Death by a rotor blade projectile while walking to work... Her number came up outta nowhere!
@AliveWithPassion
@AliveWithPassion 7 жыл бұрын
Wow! That's crazy! Sad, She would've been 69 years old this year.
@EagleLogic
@EagleLogic 7 жыл бұрын
What if someone was in the office where the one projectile smashed into? Your office out of the thousands in the building.
@brickman409
@brickman409 7 жыл бұрын
Well, if you think about it it's not really that random. I mean there's millions of people walking on the streets of New York City at any given time, so having a projectile fly down to the ground is bound to hit someone.
@EagleLogic
@EagleLogic 7 жыл бұрын
For sure. But out of the "millions" walking around it hit and killed one person. So that one person being you is the randomness here.
@mumia76
@mumia76 7 жыл бұрын
And 8 minutes in I realize I'm actually watching an elaborate ad.
@nevenpavlovic4448
@nevenpavlovic4448 7 жыл бұрын
mumia76 - Why do you think KZbin recommended this to you?
@cebruthius
@cebruthius 7 жыл бұрын
UBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRr
@MKAndal
@MKAndal 7 жыл бұрын
Just a ckick baiit
@kossttamojaan
@kossttamojaan 7 жыл бұрын
thank you
@devansh3700
@devansh3700 6 жыл бұрын
mumia76 really
@hugopulido9446
@hugopulido9446 7 жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting for a drone from amazon to deliver my packages
@NathanaelGreer
@NathanaelGreer 7 жыл бұрын
Some ass clown in brown shorts and a 50's styled truck is gonna drop your box..
@jeffmatthews9125
@jeffmatthews9125 7 жыл бұрын
You better move next door to Amazon then.
@PATRICKSTAR-ic7wk
@PATRICKSTAR-ic7wk 7 жыл бұрын
I am waiting for a drone to deliver my new drone to deliver my new pizza
@manictiger
@manictiger 7 жыл бұрын
I want a drone that I chain down, spank and fuck for less than a grand while still looking like a 10 grand hooker.
@itsmetheherpes1750
@itsmetheherpes1750 7 жыл бұрын
these fuckers have been holding technology back for ages. they shut it down because of the noise? really? lol, new york rush hour streets make more noise than helicopter. and that "accident" was staged, they did it on purpose so to stop air traffic. the purpose for keeping tech back is a very dark one.
@6969uranus
@6969uranus 3 жыл бұрын
i TOOK IT MANY TIMES when I was working for PANAM @ JFK, I was living then on 9th street and 3rd avenue. Great times.
@TheJdinner
@TheJdinner 5 жыл бұрын
in the 1960s you could get anywhere in nyc by helicopter, in the 1970s you could fly across the atlantic in 3 1/2 hours. its amazing how far backwards we have gone
@Fallen_Flames
@Fallen_Flames 5 жыл бұрын
It's mostly due to safety reasons
@MrSvenovitch
@MrSvenovitch 5 жыл бұрын
we're going back past the middle ages, tell your (grand)kids. or just be smart and don't have them just to suffer the decline already happening
@kaberus7565
@kaberus7565 5 жыл бұрын
Communication technology advanced dramatically and transportation technology stagnated. Those two things are related.
@xexecuterxx
@xexecuterxx 5 жыл бұрын
how did they get over the atlantic like that?
@Aramil4
@Aramil4 5 жыл бұрын
xx executr xx the concorde
@trespire
@trespire 5 жыл бұрын
Landing operations on the PanAm building needs to be revisited. Rotary wing technology and safety has advanced a lot since the 60's.
@ShonTolliverMusic
@ShonTolliverMusic 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Bloomberg, for taking video content seriously. Unlike your lazy compatriots at INC. you all seem to take pride in quality video content with interesting topics and great execution. You have a new fan.
@business
@business 7 жыл бұрын
Thank *you* for watching!
@DraftyCrevice
@DraftyCrevice 7 жыл бұрын
Bro. Tolliver did you not see the part where it became a commercial for Blade?
@warnock881
@warnock881 7 жыл бұрын
This is just an ad for Blade. Don't thank them for this crap
@VideoAmericanStyle
@VideoAmericanStyle 7 жыл бұрын
How do you figure it's an ad? They spent like 5 minutes talking about a horrific accident, then mention that even a modern company like Blade faces big obstacles. If so, that's one lousy ad...
@maverickwatchreviews
@maverickwatchreviews 7 жыл бұрын
Bro. Tolliver...Could you be anymore of a suck up, sycophant? Libtards really make me laugh with their media worship...lol.
@chrisflanagan9292
@chrisflanagan9292 6 жыл бұрын
I worked for a helicopter company in Vancouver in 2006 and learned that helicopter was actually repaired and put back in service for decades. It served in the offshore, as a rescue helicopter for the Namibian Coast Guard, and made its way back to Vancouver as a VIP helicopter. The wreck was bought by Court Helicopters of South Africa, and they had to remove it piece by piece in the service elevator - because helicopter flights were temporarily banned in Manhattan.
@jamsb100
@jamsb100 5 жыл бұрын
As a younger guy, my family and I did that trip four times. It was Great! I’ll never forget flying right through the City. And check out the view of the Chrysler Building from the Pan Am roof!
@danopticon
@danopticon 5 жыл бұрын
In the VERY early 1970s, my mom and I landed by jet in JFK, and had either missed our connecting flight to our final destination due to delay, or else it was unexpectedly canceled - I can’t remember which, I was very very young and barely verbal - so my grandmom, who’d flown the first leg of that flight with us for fun, and who was a pretty seasoned traveler and handy in these situations, quickly booked my mom and I a different flight home… but from out of LaGuardia, across the city, and leaving in under an hour! So how did we get from JFK to LaGuardia? (Or maybe it was vice-versa, I again don’t remember super clearly.) BY GIANT HELICOPTER!! And this video talks a lot about how people under the flight path of those helicopters found them noisy, but you know what the video neglects to mention? HOW CRAZY NOISY IT WAS TO RIDE INSIDE OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS!! Again, I was really young at the time, so I don’t remember everything today (nor did I know then what a treat I was getting, riding in a helicopter), but here’s what burned itself deeply into my memory: 1) the seats were a dark blue sort of cloth, it was rough and had burls but was kinda nice, 2) it was surprisingly crowded, but as comfy as one of the smaller DC aircraft, and 3) once the rotors roared into action, it was so suddenly and OVERWHELMINGLY noisy, I cried literally the whole length of the ride: the thing shook and tilted like a seesaw (to top things off, I think we were in the tail-end of a hurricane, no kidding), and I could barely hear myself shriek over the rotors, my little self could hardly stand it… but I think it was fortunately less than a 15-minute ride, so the other poor passengers didn’t have to suffer my wailing for too long. But yeah, those things were NOISY. Is all.
@Sodiumreactor
@Sodiumreactor 7 жыл бұрын
9 days after this accident 585 people were killed when two jumbo jets collided. Funny they scrapped the whole industry for 5 deaths yet jumbo jets are still flying today.
@baron8107
@baron8107 7 жыл бұрын
Sodiumreactor Not to mention all the shit Jets deposit into rainclouds.
@akashjaiswal3659
@akashjaiswal3659 7 жыл бұрын
Sodiumreactor Actually its 11 days after this accident.
@essel23fly
@essel23fly 6 жыл бұрын
So? What’s your point, you couldn’t pay me to get on a helicopter. At least with a plane you glide to the scene of the crash.
@hakes98
@hakes98 6 жыл бұрын
essel23fly actually, helicopters don't fall either, they can "glide" aswell, it's just called autorotating when helicopters do it.
@CGoody564
@CGoody564 6 жыл бұрын
Sodiumreactor the whole industry? Lol. You mean a small part of the industry. You talk as if helicopters were exclusive to new york. The difference is you can still get around New York without a helicopter. You aren't getting across the Atlantic within hours without a plane.
@pquodling
@pquodling 7 жыл бұрын
I worked with the Former Computer Giant, Digital Equipment, and was in southern NH in the late 80's through early 90s. The probably had around 60 different office complexes and manufacturing plants through central Mass, and Southern NH. They had a fleet of at least half a dozen Jetrangers, that had overlapping round-robin loops that they covered. An hour on the freeway could be reduced to 10 minutes in the air. And it was particularly great if one had to connect to a flight at Boston Airport, which was on one of the loops. The company also had private business jets running to Colorado, Atlanta and somewhere in Canada as I recall. I Vaguely recall the cost centre billback for a chopper ride being around $10-15.
@ronvavra
@ronvavra 6 жыл бұрын
The blade that came through the office window below went into the office of a coworker of mine. I had been in that office with him moments before. It was in the ad agency Foote Cone and Belding.
@business
@business 6 жыл бұрын
That's amazing. What was that day like? Had you ever been up to the rooftop helipad?
@ronvavra
@ronvavra 6 жыл бұрын
@@business I was a young ad exec and had on a number of occasions flown from the helipad to the airport. Talk about convenient. The day of the crash, a number of us from the agency were scheduled to play softball in Central Park right after work. I went to the person's office where the blade would come in to see if he wanted to share a cab. He wasn't ready so I left. Fortunately, he didn't stay very long and joined us for our game. As I remember, he was on his way to Central Park when the blade tore into his office.
@business
@business 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. Thanks for sharing your story!
@alfreddonate2981
@alfreddonate2981 6 жыл бұрын
Back in 1966 my aunt work for high-end lawyer she flew in from JFK and we met her there when we flew that helicopter ride on top of the Pan Am building into New York City it was very exciting I still remember to this day
@ebnyflyer
@ebnyflyer 5 жыл бұрын
My Dad took me on the helicopter ride from JFK to the top of the pan am building what a memory.. I did not know about the accidents
@Mischief2013
@Mischief2013 7 жыл бұрын
This is just a disguised advertisement for Blade..
@thomasstarkey8238
@thomasstarkey8238 6 жыл бұрын
Most Bloomberg videos are just ads for high end products tbh
@nik_evdokimov
@nik_evdokimov 5 жыл бұрын
Don`t you think that this company was just a good example in this case? Why do you see ads everywhere? Anyways, nobody is forcing you to use Blade`s services though.
@planetarysolidarity
@planetarysolidarity 3 жыл бұрын
The most obscene waste of carbon. Airships are safer; carry a lot more; and, use barely any fuel.
@danielbronstein4592
@danielbronstein4592 7 жыл бұрын
Mean while every weekend I hear Michael Bloomberg flying his helicopter over my house to play golf at Deepdale
@silasdietrich7464
@silasdietrich7464 3 жыл бұрын
6:59 "concern about noise... " are you kidding!? You live in NYC to hear noise 24/7
@gi295
@gi295 7 жыл бұрын
It was 5 people why is it such a big deal more than 5 people die every week in NYC due to cars and that isn't a big deal
@japzone
@japzone 7 жыл бұрын
It's sad but true. Whenever I see things shut down like this because of one accident it always boggles my mind. It's like how people are terrified of sharks attacks, but in reality the chances of that happening are close to zero. Airlines have accidents too and but you don't see air travel being banned. They figure out what went wrong and come up with rules and counter measures. That's what you do since there's risk in everything. Even trains can crash.
@kalebbruwer
@kalebbruwer 7 жыл бұрын
Gautam Iyer It proved that there are safety issues. The company should've responded with upgrading their safety features out of free will if they wanted public trust back.
@subswithnovideos-dg8cp
@subswithnovideos-dg8cp 7 жыл бұрын
Gautam Iyer Cars don't fly in the air and their nescessary.
@michaeloneil433
@michaeloneil433 7 жыл бұрын
Gautam Iyer The main factor is the frequency of the accidents. Millions of people travel by car everyday which is bound to lead to fatalities but when it comes to helis that number is significantly smaller and when added with a multiple fatality...it can lead to the calapse of a business.
@hedgehog3180
@hedgehog3180 7 жыл бұрын
It's more the fact that now we know it can go wrong. This time the heli broke on the landing pad but what if it crashed into a building?
@MarkHoltze
@MarkHoltze 7 жыл бұрын
That was a fantastic little piece... Thanks Bloomberg!
@orellaminx3530
@orellaminx3530 6 жыл бұрын
2:43 Gotta love Nam vets, they always giggle at the memories of meeting death and just shaking his hand.
@txrockerusa1st862
@txrockerusa1st862 3 жыл бұрын
I flew on THE BY ferry copter in 69 with my family never forgot flying over the water
@PilotB
@PilotB 7 жыл бұрын
1 crash and it's all over, that's just stupid. Cars crash all the time... More frequently and often are just as deadly... Why the heck are people still driving cars? If 1 helicopter crash kills an commercial industry, then cars should be flat out illegal.
@magic1wizard
@magic1wizard 7 жыл бұрын
FlyingPig133 you can pretty much say the exact same thing for airships.
@SearchEast2069
@SearchEast2069 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah yet commercial jets crash or go missing dozens of times a year around the globe killing hundreds at a time yet the airlines keep on going strong as ever.
@TheFi0r3
@TheFi0r3 7 жыл бұрын
Antwon Jenkins Because there is no practical substitute for commercial aircraft.
@TheKurtkapan34
@TheKurtkapan34 7 жыл бұрын
hinderburg was not a single prominent crash, it was the last nail to the coffin. look it up at vonzeppelin's other airships.
@as07011
@as07011 7 жыл бұрын
because 1960s helicopters buzzing around a city like NY are bad idea. If there was no accident at that time, there would probably be more flights and one of them buggers would go and crash into some landmark skyscraper killing many more people... only a matter of time
@hoggravyandchitlins
@hoggravyandchitlins 2 жыл бұрын
Remember taking my dad to SFO from Moffett field on the SFO helicopter service and then returning to Moffett, one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life.
@bl0b3rt
@bl0b3rt 7 жыл бұрын
"That was probably the hardest thing I'd ever done... except for getting shot at in Vietnam!" Gotta love that quote
@beyourself7428
@beyourself7428 3 жыл бұрын
A Rolex Submariner back in the 50s cost ~$150, an Hermes Birkin ~$1000 (yeah handbags cost so much more than Swiss watches back then), a car (mostly US cars, import cars were very rare back then) around $1500 - $3000. So $5 in 50s can be anywhere between $80 - $250 for today.
@joeyk9578
@joeyk9578 3 жыл бұрын
In the Disney animated film The Rescuers, Bianca & Bernard fly to Devil's Bayou from the top of the Pan Am Building. Instead of a helicopter, which are for people, they ride an albatross named Orville.
@brockelever
@brockelever 6 жыл бұрын
I remember taking a helicopter in NYC and landing on the Pan Am building when I was 5 years old. Very exciting and scary. At the time this was a very common way to commute to the airport.
@cogoid
@cogoid 6 жыл бұрын
There is a huge movement, today, involving many companies, and spurred by Uber, to revive such services with more modern technology. But as this video shows, it takes very little to set people against it.
@johno9507
@johno9507 6 жыл бұрын
1:49 That's a very rare shot of a early 747-100 with P&W JT9's with HOT & cold stream thrust reversers. The hot section thrust reversers were later locked out as they were problematic.
@visionist7
@visionist7 5 жыл бұрын
Are the hot reversers the cones at the back of the engine? Never knew they existed on turbofans
@zanesalamah846
@zanesalamah846 7 жыл бұрын
This is why we need Spider-Man.
@Michaelengelmann
@Michaelengelmann 3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gets one
@Daniel121194
@Daniel121194 7 жыл бұрын
Dude São Paulo city is still like this today, helicopter flights from rooftop to rooftop all day long, it's not dangerous at all!
@Daniel-wx3qn
@Daniel-wx3qn 3 жыл бұрын
I remember in 2000's we had an accident in São Caetano but is pretty much that.
@leep3488
@leep3488 6 жыл бұрын
This was very well done, good job bloomberg
@k.r.v.4219
@k.r.v.4219 6 жыл бұрын
This bring to mind the way rich folk could secretly get around among themselves, where the rest of us could only dream of having the luxury, back in Manhattan back at the turn of the last century. There were private trains that ran in tunnels connected to a few of the most expensive and opulent hotels. That were only used a short time, I believe they were built by Vandenberg or some other mega rich guy from that era. The remnants are all still there in all their aged faded glory. But have been closed off to most, only viewed by city underground workers.
@Thomas-cu5hp
@Thomas-cu5hp 7 жыл бұрын
"Blade don't own the helicopters just contract out." So they can wash their hands when they pressure a operator to use an under maintained helicopter and kill someone? Truly the american way.
@bennylofgren3208
@bennylofgren3208 7 жыл бұрын
Leasing is an accepted practice in the entire aviation industry. Few companies can afford the huge capital costs involved in outright owning expensive equipment such as aircraft and helicopters. That doesn't absolve the _operators_ from their maintenance obligations.
@blueaardvark1717
@blueaardvark1717 7 жыл бұрын
haha a lot of places do this. Even the big guys. You think its delta cause it says it on the side but is it really??
@colinhodges8109
@colinhodges8109 7 жыл бұрын
As Benny stated, leasing is a safe and widely used practice in aviation. Thomas, if you would like to learn more about the helicopter industry as well as the safety rules that operators and OEM's live by, give me a shout. As an employee of the rotorcraft world, I take great pride in this industry and the products that are produced. Most people who have a disdain for helicopters haven't taken the time to educate themselves about them. If people want to get into factual data, let's compare stats, nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year globally ( 3,287 deaths/day average) and over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year here in the United States... Or we can talk about the non-maintained or under-maintained NYC Taxi Cabs that kill 100+ people each year. The rotorcraft and eVTOL industries are safe and have a bright future ahead of them as cities become more congested.
@CoD6HModthedeisel
@CoD6HModthedeisel 7 жыл бұрын
Thomas 16.04 Why did I laugh so hard at this? Lmao
@katiejackson3900
@katiejackson3900 7 жыл бұрын
Colin, you work at Bell? Neat. Fort Worth is interesting in aviation because of the Delta 191 crash. Have a good day.
@braddyboy82
@braddyboy82 7 жыл бұрын
This was a very interesting video about something I didn't know anything about. Thank you for posting this.
@Trickynico55
@Trickynico55 6 жыл бұрын
I could watch videos like that all day.
@GeneDexter
@GeneDexter 7 жыл бұрын
Tried it as a young man in 1981 and it felt very chic being shuttled between JFK and 34th Street port. Or was it 37th? Anyway, I loved it.
@WilkerLMHS
@WilkerLMHS 7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and quick detailed history. I really love the theme though, that vintage style of music and framing that fits the actual time frame!
@SpectreMk2
@SpectreMk2 7 жыл бұрын
All the hype about "VTOL" reminds me the hope of some about the tilt-rotor for commercial application 20 years ago.
@zamiadams4343
@zamiadams4343 3 жыл бұрын
Michael Findlay the director was decapitated in the Pan-AM crash. He was a pioneer in 3-D filmmaking.
@THELIFEOFPRICE
@THELIFEOFPRICE 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@MannoulaZ
@MannoulaZ 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@MrRandy494
@MrRandy494 5 жыл бұрын
A well tempered mini documentary. There are alot of gems within. Chopper crashes..... blimps... air balloon disaster!. There's alot about the future of the drone in this video. And flying cars therefore driverless cars.. The lawyers speak volumes. Try Space travel. Interesting article.
@iamanevutable981
@iamanevutable981 5 жыл бұрын
To imagine that another crash happened just yesterday in New York...
@Crazy_Dashcam_Videos
@Crazy_Dashcam_Videos 2 жыл бұрын
I just booked a flight with FLYNYON, hopefully I don't drown.
@bblix
@bblix 3 жыл бұрын
In the 80s I travelled from JFK to a heliport on East River, a short taxi trip to my hotel. And the fare was suprisingly low, abt twice the taxi fare.
@brandonbyers9021
@brandonbyers9021 7 жыл бұрын
No mention of Sao Paulo. This city in Brazil is known for traffic congestion, so time-cramped business people commute via helicopter all the time. Over 500 flights per day to nearly 200 helipads around the city. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZDCqpZ4oNx2hKM Maybe NYC and other US cities haven't warmed to helicopter commuting, but in Sao Paulo it's been a way of life - for those who can afford it - for decades.
@NonSequitur404
@NonSequitur404 7 жыл бұрын
Brandon Byers thank you for mentioning this. Was about to make the same post myself.
@clevergirl4ever
@clevergirl4ever 7 жыл бұрын
I was staying at a hotel in the financial district of Sao Paulo. I remember waking up to the sound of a helicopter practically right outside my window thinking WTH? It was just someone commuting to work. For some, it's not only faster but much safer as well.
@Drskopf
@Drskopf 6 жыл бұрын
You took the words out of my mouth, thanks for sharing this info, because I was about to comment the Brazilian helicopter taxiways experience
@uiuxshoaib
@uiuxshoaib 5 жыл бұрын
Smoothest conversion to an ad everrrrr
@alarik95
@alarik95 7 жыл бұрын
Helicopter travel is common in Miami and Miami Beach... Sitting on the beach you can see a helicopter passing by every 10-15 minutes
@WillThat
@WillThat 7 жыл бұрын
I commute via helicopter offshore. It beats a boat, but landing and taking off from the helipads on the rigs can be sketchy at times.
@thedave7760
@thedave7760 Жыл бұрын
LOL. "6 Years from now" Yeah still waiting for my e-vtol to take me to the Hamptons.
@sutats
@sutats 3 жыл бұрын
Profit over people always ends badly.
@rogueyt-_-1600
@rogueyt-_-1600 5 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for that lady who got struck, it’s just her luck it landed right where she was walking
@Pokabjorn
@Pokabjorn 6 жыл бұрын
Video you clicked on ends at 7:06. Douchey start up ad starts at 7:07.
@Daniel-Strain
@Daniel-Strain 4 жыл бұрын
They forgot to mention the 1978 helicopter accident where one almost fell off the roof of the Daily Planet building while transporting a reporter to the airport.
@AbelMcTalisker
@AbelMcTalisker 2 жыл бұрын
That one was in Metropolis though, not NYC.
@jesterd14
@jesterd14 7 жыл бұрын
Helicopters require almost constant maintenance because the vibrations cause so much wear and tear. I used to be an aircrewman in the Navy and we were always opening access panels and checking for loose connections. Also, we used to wash down the bird constantly to try and prevent corrosion. And I mean it it was out on the deck all night or day it got washed before we put it in the hangar. When you have the unlimited resources of a helicopter squadron and enough people to do that it's no big deal, no one gets paid overtime.
@antoinfox4468
@antoinfox4468 5 жыл бұрын
KZbin’s algorithm doing a great job 👍😂 Timing 100
@haroldinho9930
@haroldinho9930 5 жыл бұрын
Antóin Fox ik pilot died
@sv55492
@sv55492 7 жыл бұрын
@00:43 The BV107 was actually designed first for this purpose then retrofitted to be a military helicopter and designed, the CH-46A. Not the other way around.
@justsnappy
@justsnappy 7 жыл бұрын
That EVTOL doesn't look like it'd survive an engine failure. Can't auto rotate, can establish best glide...Cirrus parachute, perhaps?
@Paelorian
@Paelorian 6 жыл бұрын
Looks like such a design could potentially glide to safety. Also it has enough blades that it could continue controlled flying if one fails.
@ShimmeringSword
@ShimmeringSword 6 жыл бұрын
With 4 or 6 rotors you'd need a full electrical system failure to crash, losing an engine wouldn't be a big deal.
@d4nyboy249
@d4nyboy249 6 жыл бұрын
Like a Battery catching​ fire?
@u1zha
@u1zha 6 жыл бұрын
That concept probably has two redundant sets of batteries and flight controllers, each controlling 4 rotors that can independently bring it to safety.
@johnscanlan6337
@johnscanlan6337 6 жыл бұрын
I saw this accident happen from the living room window of my family's apartment on the Upper East Side! I had just gotten home from school that day when it happened.
@visionist7
@visionist7 5 жыл бұрын
What did you see?
@arxvphoto809
@arxvphoto809 7 жыл бұрын
holy shit that wan awesome report. Live in NYC on and off for a while and never knew about any of this!
@l353a1
@l353a1 4 жыл бұрын
In London the London Hospital operates a medevac helicopter service from the roof of the hospital. It does save lives.
@woodycoat
@woodycoat 7 жыл бұрын
Such a shame. Helicopters are awesome!
@georgemallory797
@georgemallory797 3 жыл бұрын
More evidence that life was better 50 yrs ago. How is it that ideas as great as mid-town heliports on roof tops couldn't be allowed one mistake that wasn't inherent to anything wrong with the idea but, rather, greed of cost cutting maintenance neglect?
@GrijzePilion
@GrijzePilion 7 жыл бұрын
I understand why blimp travel failed after the Hindenburg crash, but this?
@jesusgonzalez6715
@jesusgonzalez6715 7 жыл бұрын
GrijzePilion blimps and zeppelins are fundamentally different things
@tigershark2328
@tigershark2328 7 жыл бұрын
Well, they do the same thing, they just have different, internals...
@GrijzePilion
@GrijzePilion 7 жыл бұрын
I obviously meant airship/zeppelin in this instance. I use them exchangeably, even though that's objectively wrong.
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 6 жыл бұрын
The problem with airships is that they're just really bad forms of transport. They're slow, they have enormous drag, they're extremely vulnerable to wind, they're absolutely enormous/expensive with very little lift capacity... They existed in relatively small number at a time before jet aircraft took over aviation. An eight hour flight today would have been a 50-60 hour flight on a zeppelin.
@charonsferryold
@charonsferryold 6 жыл бұрын
The Germans were actually the last to give up zeppelins. The British gave them up after the R101 crashed in 1930. The French began winding down their efforts when the Dixmude blew up in 1923. And America gave up zeppelins in 1935 following the sinking of the Macon.
@LS-ti1rz
@LS-ti1rz 3 жыл бұрын
personally I think that it's going to happen one way or another. I don't think anything is going to stop "progress" for a lack of a better term. It's going to eventually become commonplace. That is we will see all manner of flying transportation above city streets. I think it will more than likely be some kind of drone looking vehicle. There will be a number of different kind of vehicles and as always one will stand out above the rest. The thing is to make the vehicle as safe as possible. There have been many advancements regarding safety with flying machines. I've seen numerous flying cars on KZbin and there are a few that are very interesting. The one that stands out in my memory is one that has been built in Japan by a gentleman who's father and grandfather both helicopter pilots died in crashes whilst flying. He is driven due to these personal losses to making a flying vehicle that it's main attribute is superior safety. It is a self flying vehicle. It has multiple redundant safety features that sounded very impressive. At the time that i first saw the video They were in the testing phases of things but further along than most others with the same pursuit of a flying vehicle for commercial applications. The focus is for short city jaunts if you will. I think it will most definitely will happen. What seems to be holding the advent of these machines becoming commonplace is the logistical aspect of it all I believe. I can't imagine what a nightmare it must be to find a way to make things safe up in the skies above major cities like Manhattan and others... +
@boballende
@boballende 7 жыл бұрын
Good job. Nice video.
@lpg12338
@lpg12338 5 жыл бұрын
I never heard of this company, thanks for uploading! 👍
@diskette
@diskette 7 жыл бұрын
good video!
@tessarix
@tessarix 6 жыл бұрын
Loves the 1960s tune playing in the background at the first. lol
@josephine_marie
@josephine_marie 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Never even knew about this
@bape890
@bape890 6 жыл бұрын
The 29 year old lady who was in the wrong place at the wrong time in the accident would have lived to be 70 this year if it wasn't for the rogue falling blade. You never know when you could go. RIP.
@flynnphoto
@flynnphoto 7 жыл бұрын
São Paulo Brazil, the only way to get around is by helicopter. Traffic is that bad. Gotta have coin...
@losttownstreet3409
@losttownstreet3409 7 жыл бұрын
it's a long way to make it possible. At an airshow in 2011 got an glimps on the projects. It's so expensive in development and you need many heliports, ... An electric helicopter still need 30 minutes of spare flight time: 10 minute flight from one heliport to another still need an endurance of 40 minutes for safty and you don't want to declare an emerancy to often (under 30 minutes flight time endurance) so you'll need 1h of electric endurance. Small ultralight helicopters are a good way ... but you'll still need registred heliports for comercial service with you don't get so easy ... in a city.
@MegaFPVFlyer
@MegaFPVFlyer 7 жыл бұрын
8:14 Quiet? Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved the video, but... the loudest part of a conventional helicopter is the tail rotor. On that aircraft, you have what are essentially 8 tail rotors producing significantly more thrust at much higher RPM. Each one will be nearly as loud as a helicopter by itself.
@HailAnts
@HailAnts 6 жыл бұрын
Ah, I don’t see how the tail rotor could make more noise than the main rotor. Plus the turbine engine is extremely loud as well...
@mattolmstead6150
@mattolmstead6150 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah no... I work on aircraft and I was right next to a jet ranger starting up and that thing was way louder than most aircraft.
@TheOnlyMasterChef
@TheOnlyMasterChef 6 жыл бұрын
Most of the noise produced by rotary wing aircraft is actually the rotors themselves turning through the air, and interacting with air coming off the tail rotor for aircraft in that configuration. Tail rotor noise is actually quieter decibel-wise but we pick up on it, especially when close, because it is higher pitched. Engine noise is a distant third issue, mostly because modern helicopter design puts the engine up top and most of the noise from the engine and transmission is directed skyward. Anyone that has heard a sizeable drone going knows they are far from "quiet", it's just a different kind of noise.
6 жыл бұрын
get rid of the back rotor. you don't need it.
@wacz016
@wacz016 6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I have been close to big maintenance drones that lift heavy equipment, and they are really loud. Not the same sound as ordinary helicopters, but still loud. For me personally, the "buzzing" sound that drones make is much more irritating than the sound from a helicopter.
@RidgeR5
@RidgeR5 7 жыл бұрын
Cool video. I'd known about the Pan Am crash, but never knew the cause of it until now.
@brandonsheaffer5035
@brandonsheaffer5035 7 жыл бұрын
Yet there's hundreds of recorded airplane crashes and people still ride planes
@nicolavespa2658
@nicolavespa2658 7 жыл бұрын
Brandon Sheaffer well airplane crash are also rare but every 10 second a car crash happens
@DudeABepper
@DudeABepper 6 жыл бұрын
"50 years ago you could, until 1977". 50 years, huh? Man, 2027 is a hell of a time to be alive!
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 6 жыл бұрын
50 years ago was 1968. You could do this in 1968 yes? Then what they said is valid.
@DudeABepper
@DudeABepper 6 жыл бұрын
Fair enough. Their phrasing is just confusing because New York Airways was founded in 1949, so it would have been an even more interesting perspective to say "Almost 70 years ago", rather than the arbitrary "50 years ago". The phrasing implies "up until 50 years ago". Why start at 50?
@seigeengine
@seigeengine 6 жыл бұрын
I could speculate, but I don't know why they wrote that, so it'd be of little value.
@VideoAmericanStyle
@VideoAmericanStyle 6 жыл бұрын
I think it's because 50 is a nice, round number. Plus, they're focusing on the rooftop route from the Pan Am Building, which according to the video started in the mid-1960s. So it makes some sense.
@jaytrock3217
@jaytrock3217 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I always wonder why NYC didn't have any roof top heliports like LA. I was assuming it was something like that. I am surprised that new sky scrappers are not required to have a emergency pad for rescue in case of fire.
@mistofoles
@mistofoles 11 ай бұрын
No way would they do this now, especially after 9/11. Far too dangerous
@duncandmcgrath6290
@duncandmcgrath6290 7 жыл бұрын
Thousands of parts rotating in close formation ..... around an oil leak. I've spent too many years in rotary wing maintenance, for that reason I'm out.
@ianhenderson3491
@ianhenderson3491 7 жыл бұрын
shark tank reference
@manictiger
@manictiger 7 жыл бұрын
I'm Barbara Corcoran, and for that reason, I'm out.
@Derpster2493
@Derpster2493 6 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the jazzy undertones.
@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et
@BoarVessel-BCEtruscanCer-xy7et 7 жыл бұрын
How did the rotor end up in the pan am building? I don't understand how it went off the roof and curved round into the building?
@Bubbles99718
@Bubbles99718 7 жыл бұрын
0.5 Warp Boomerang.
@ryanmacleod3969
@ryanmacleod3969 7 жыл бұрын
Never mind
@ianh1504
@ianh1504 7 жыл бұрын
0.5 Warp you ever seen videos of rotors failing? They go evvvverywhere
@TheTech660
@TheTech660 7 жыл бұрын
Been Scrolling through these comments to find anyone who is confused like me in regards to the rotor flying into the window. How is that possible?
@timothymasters8497
@timothymasters8497 6 жыл бұрын
Drop a piece of paper. Does it fall straight down? Nope, it loops and swirls all over the place. A helicopter blade is a piece of aerodynamic material, and will have a similarly unpredictable falling trajectory.
@YoungBlaze
@YoungBlaze 6 жыл бұрын
Whats the music @2:20
@MJDHX
@MJDHX 7 жыл бұрын
Bring back the Zeppelin!
@skyscall
@skyscall 6 жыл бұрын
@Viscous Force Zeppelins as in the aircraft; a rigid, multi-celled steerable aerostatic airship. Not some old band
@granddukeofmecklenburg
@granddukeofmecklenburg 6 жыл бұрын
@Viscous Force Bring back zeppelins and Led Zeppelin
@mattheweades
@mattheweades 6 жыл бұрын
@@skyscall whoosh
@stuartlee6622
@stuartlee6622 5 жыл бұрын
Bring back cow farts!
@helms6561
@helms6561 5 жыл бұрын
...Zeppeline is still around
@mikebtrfld1705
@mikebtrfld1705 6 жыл бұрын
My dad took a helicopter from Lafayette, California into San Francisco more than 50 years ago.
@TheWilderGirl
@TheWilderGirl 6 жыл бұрын
Italian businessman Marchionne used to commute frow Switzerland to Turin on a private helicopter.
@oneaburns
@oneaburns 6 жыл бұрын
Really impressed with both the quality of the video and the information contained in it. Subscribed.
@bighoss8793
@bighoss8793 5 жыл бұрын
$5.00 sounds way to cheap, even for that time period. No wonder they didn't spend enough money on maintenance and then there was an accident.
@PixlRainbow
@PixlRainbow 5 жыл бұрын
It's the equivalent of $42 today accounting for inflation.
@nghtwtchmn129
@nghtwtchmn129 7 жыл бұрын
The notion of a helicopter airline was the most striking thing about Coogan's Bluff for me.
@gnagyusa
@gnagyusa 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah. It's depressing. You spend so much time and money to get a helicopter license, only to find out that you can't land anywhere, except airports... Which totally defeats the purpose. You could just fly airplanes...
@Bubbles99718
@Bubbles99718 7 жыл бұрын
lnpilot Perhaps read a pamphlet before going thru all the licensing troubles?
@Howrider65
@Howrider65 5 жыл бұрын
SFO was the best my friend and I few them for the fun of it they had a tour ticket you just stayed on the S61 and made two or 3 stops but the view was great.. Never had a problem it was fun.. This is what teens did in the 70s lol..
@s0nnyburnett
@s0nnyburnett 7 жыл бұрын
Take a ride in a giant toy helicopter that looks like it should have a camera on it instead of a person? No thanks. Let's see that thing auto rotate to the ground in an emergency.
@theAppleWizz
@theAppleWizz 6 жыл бұрын
nope they do not auto rotate at all that why in one of the example it was like a glider
@ipissed
@ipissed 6 жыл бұрын
At 7:15 you hear the guy behind you unzip his pants and realize this was all an ad.
@goldfishking5465
@goldfishking5465 5 жыл бұрын
5 dollars is now 42 dollars in 2019 not bad for trip on helicopter
@teacherdude
@teacherdude 6 жыл бұрын
":VTOL technology is almost here" A phrase that has been in use since the 60s
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