Rooftop Heliport: Copters Fly From Midtown New York
Rooftop Heliport: Copters Fly From Midtown New York
Like every large city, New York faces the frustrating problem of getting airplane passengers through heavy traffic to outlying airports. Now the problem is being partially solved w/ the opening of a helicopter landing pad atop a mid-town skyscraper. POV Views of New York skyline from cockpit & window seat of passenger jet plane (console & window in respective shots). Nice aerial of skyscrapers, buildings, downtown Manhattan, New York City, Empire State Building rising tallest. Over this shoulder shot of chopper pilot flying over NYC. Aerial shot - Pan Am Building (Pan American Bldg, now occupied by MetLife). Low angle / LS - Dual-rotor helicopter coming in for landing on rooftop helipad of Pan Am building. Over the shoulder MS - Heliport control operator as New York Airways chopper lands. TLSs -people boarding helicopter. TLS - Helicopter lifting off from helipad. Rear view MS passenger looking out window. High angle LSs - Manhattan all aglow at night. MS former Governor of New York NELSON ROCKEFELLER & Mayor of New York ROBERT F. WAGNER JR. chatting with FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; Mayor Wagner kisses the Cardinal's hand before departure. MSs - Cardinal Spellman boarding helicopter. TLSs - Pan Am double rotor helicopter taking off from rooftop helipad, night. H/a LS - Nighttime traffic, buildings in downtown NYC (Manhattan).