Gothamist: Weiner Wants No More Choppers Over Manhattan

crashkid

Fri, 16 May 2008 22:40:34 -0500

Hi all, Thansk very much for ignoring the fact that at least one of the people that lost there lives in that crash was a successful guy, with a family and children. That were robbed of having a father. SO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL before you inflict or suggest your opinions and suggestions upon others. And SP you lonely self indignant fuck! How dare you compare a helicopter crash from 1977 to modern day technology Do me a favor, take us all a favor, take your lonely ass, and your self righteous attitude climb to the top of the met life building....and jump. Better yet dive, so you can see you future coming at you! And the next time you drive, do it fast, and alone and into a wall. You piece of shit!

Maybe not such a disaster

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:03:16 -0500

Re: the Pan Am crash - IIRC, one of the guys was a snuff film producer. So, being filleted was maybe not such a pity. ME, I worry about jets cruising down the middle of the island.

Matthew :)

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:26:35 -0500

The crash atop the Pan Am Building is the reason that rooftop helicopter landings were banned in the City. That's why all helicopter traffic to Manhattan has to go to either W.30th, E.34th or Battery Park. There's only one helicopter corridor over Manhattan, anyway, and it's up in the 70s. South of roughly Greenwich Village, you have to stay below 1500', and the preponderance of Very Tall Buildings make that an unattractive prospect. As you get towards Midtown, the airspace is controlled all the way to the surface (due to LaGuardia), and the "terrain" is even more hazardous. This is largely a non-issue, but puts Weiner's name in the news - something I fear will become more and more common in the runup to 2009.

SP

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:47:23 -0500

"the accident with the helicopter on the Pan Am Building thirty years ago that killed a couple of people" A COUPLE PEOPLE THIRTY YEARS AGO?!?!? we clearly need MORE helicopters, they obviously are much much safter than cars. How many people die every day in cars? BAN THE CARS FIRST. Weiner is going after an easy straw man, and shamefully and manipulatively playing up the fear angle. I'm sick of politicians whose only platform is exploiting fear.

mber

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:35:12 -0500

i live on east 6th and Ave B and i hear them circling above, nonstop, all the time. it's started to annoy me and, strangely, been making me anxious... i hear what you guys are saying, but i think theres an aspect of noise pollution for the people who live and work here as well.

Toby

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:21:47 -0500

Lest we forget the accident with the helicopter on the Pan Am Building thirty years ago that killed a couple of people, including some on the ground.

daisy

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:32:08 -0500

I actually think that this is a good idea. For once someone is acting preemptively and using a little common sense.

glennQNYC

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:13:38 -0500

With all the helicopters going down in the streets of Manhattan, I'm glad somebody is finally doing something. :rolleyes: What a tool.

huh?

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:20:27 -0500

He wants to ban all helicopters, yet allow medical, police, traffic and airport transport helicopters. What helicopters are actually being banned again?

Luis

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 17:08:34 -0500

Not that I'm a huge fan of helicopter noise, but if this is the best idea he can come up with to improve the safety of the citizens of manhattan, he's a complete idiot.

Kevin Bracken

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:27:49 -0500

I have taken a helicopter tour of Manhattan, and it only flies over water anyway. Maybe if I paid more I could have seen something good, but most of the (cheaper) tour is a view of New Jersey.

cool

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:26:12 -0500

what a weiner