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Affordable copters to ease congestion says Eurocopter CEO.

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Vertical-lift commuting could ease airport capacity crunch:  Bertling  Sindelfingel Heliport of Mercedes Benz. Employees can just fly in from any where into their factory soon enough.  View Larger Map Currently most of the civilian helicopter flights occur in the field of Medical rescue and other life saving activities. Other than that cruise tours around tourist spots and VIP tours keep the helicopter industry running. Floating helipad returns to Destin, Florida. A helicopter approaches a floating platform in Destin’s East Pass on Wednesday morning. Now the copters have proved that its time to spread "their wings" to relieve the pain of people waiting in clogged airports and thrive through more regular scheduled operations around the world just like Airplanes. Boat harbour heliport, New Zealand. These could be the future gateways for people to get in and out of small villages.  View Larger Map Peene Shipyard's Heliport, Germany Vi...

Presidential Palaces with heliports in developing Mid size Asian countries

Uzbekistan presidential palace heliport View Larger Map Pakistan's Zardari former presidential palace with triple heliports View Larger Map Mongolia Presidential Palace with Heliport View Larger Map Official Residence heliport Mongolia View Larger Map

Affluent Chinese prefers helicopters over exotic cars

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The ever affluent Chinese are now protesting against luxury automobiles lack of attention to their discerning needs, so its time for light helicopter companies to step in and lure them away with much higher quality service. Four men use sledgehammers to destroy a Maserati limousine worth 2.6 million yuan ($423,000) outside the Qingdao International Convention Center in Shandong province, which is now holding the 12th Qingdao International Auto Show, May 14, 2013. The owner of the vehicle said the auto trader cheated him by installing used parts on the car when he had it repaired. [PHOTO BY SUN CHUANHAO / FOR CHINA DAILY] These bad presses are an opportunity for helicopter manufacturers to offer better services to their clients to lure them away from the old fashioned love affair with exotic cars. More and more residential buildings are sprouting with flaunting helipads such as this complex of Buildings by Broad Group of China who are also building the world's tallest tower: J220....

Concept buildings with heliports of India, Antarctica, Sri Lanka, Ghana and Kenya

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Estudio 41  won an international competition to design the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station Krrish tower, Colombo future tower with Helipad Takoradi Petronia City Ghana Nairobi CBD 1.  2.  Sectional Anyalysis of one admission 3. Another admission: Mount Ville , Gurgaon Egattur tower, Chennai India with rooftop helipad

Brazil the land of heliports

Raja Grill Triple heliports, Belo Horizonte MG Brazil View Larger Map Lakefront mansion or clubhouse with heliport View Larger Map Twin heliports near Lake View Larger Map Campos do Jordão - São Paulo Switzerland of Brazil View Larger Map 2 heliports in one neighborhood View Larger Map View Larger Map

New Coaxial light helicopter from Germany

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Just Another new light helicopter concept from Germany. Flip 1 Conventional rotor variant  with two tail rotor blades    Flip 2 Coaxial rotor variant  four blades on two  counter-rotating planes   - Identical structure of the entire skeleton   (frame, landing gear, cabin partition)   - different rear carrier and drive train                    - ideally universal motor choice (Hirth, Rotax, E-motor, ...) The two-seater ultra-light sports aircraft flip1 and flip2 belong to the class of ultralight (UL) with a max.  Take-off weight of 450 kg and are intended for private pilots, pilot training, use in monitoring the police, fire and rescue (smaller bets or emergency transport), public transportation and agricultural aircraft. While the flip one driven by a plane of the rotor and a tail rotor, convinced the flip 2 with its two counter rotating r...

Chinese-German venture to mass produce affordable helicopters

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Helicopter Typ WM 50 has turned to HPC 450 which stands for Helicopter Production company and 450 is its weight in kilograms. Under a new name presents a light helicopter from Eisenach, which had already been announced at the AERO, 2012. Then under the name WM50, he is now called HPC 450 (seen at the level of Helipark, Hall A6-311). The first prototype was developed by German Walter Myrzik with the design closely resembling the Italian Dragon Fly- DF- helicopters. The Chinese company is headed by the visionary leader Liang Mingming and is based in Shanxi province. HPC stands for Helicopter Production Company, a Sino-German joint venture, which operates in Germany under Helipark. The number 450 stands for the weight class of the two-seater: 450 kg. Thus one of the helicopters, at least in Germany "still" in the UL category. Originally the first flight of the 450 HPC was already scheduled for mid-2012, but (mast and gearbox) had been delayed due ...