1. Jun 8th 2011

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    Pan-Am Building, New York, N.Y. - 1963Emery Roth & Sons with the assistance of Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi A helicopter lands on the Roof of the PanAm Building  The Pan Am building once provided helicopter service to John F. Kennedy International Airport, a seven-minute flight that left from the rooftop helipad. This service was offered from December 21, 1965, to February 18, 1968, by New York Airways and for a few months in 1977. It ended after a major accident that killed five people.[7][8] On May 16, 1977, about one minute after a Sikorsky S-61L landed and its 20 passengers disembarked, the right front landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to topple onto its side with the rotors still turning. One of the five 20-foot blades broke off and flew into a crowd of passengers waiting to board. Three men were killed instantly and another man died later in a hospital. The blade sailed over the side of the building and killed a pedestrian on the corner of Madison Avenue and 43rd Street. Two other people were seriously injured.[9][10] Film director Michael Findlay was named in press reports as being one of the three men on the roof to be killed instantly when “literally cut to pieces.” [11 (via redhousecanada) 

    Pan-Am Building, New York, N.Y. - 1963
    Emery Roth & Sons with the assistance of Walter Gropius and Pietro Belluschi

    A helicopter lands on the Roof of the PanAm Building 

    The Pan Am building once provided helicopter service to John F. Kennedy International Airport, a seven-minute flight that left from the rooftop helipad. This service was offered from December 21, 1965, to February 18, 1968, by New York Airways and for a few months in 1977. It ended after a major accident that killed five people.[7][8]

    On May 16, 1977, about one minute after a Sikorsky S-61L landed and its 20 passengers disembarked, the right front landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to topple onto its side with the rotors still turning. One of the five 20-foot blades broke off and flew into a crowd of passengers waiting to board. Three men were killed instantly and another man died later in a hospital. The blade sailed over the side of the building and killed a pedestrian on the corner of Madison Avenue and 43rd Street. Two other people were seriously injured.[9][10]

    Film director Michael Findlay was named in press reports as being one of the three men on the roof to be killed instantly when “literally cut to pieces.” [11

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