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01 December 2009

Short Video of a Helicopter Landing At The Tip Of Manhattan Thirty-six seconds of Maritime Awesomeness, featuring one helicopter, several cargo cranes, a bright red tug, the exhaust tower for the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and one of the largest cruise ships I have ever seen.

post by: jason's_planet at: 20:25 | 6 comments

It works very well in full screen, I must say.

posted by jason's_planet 01 December | 20:33

Nice! Great image quality.

posted by BoringPostcards 01 December | 20:53

Thanks!

posted by jason's_planet 01 December | 22:43

(Don't post the "?edited=1" part of the URL.)

Per the schedule at NYCruise.org, that's the stern of the Queen Mary 2 ^, which is "the largest ocean liner ever built", and when it was launched it was the largest cruise ship.

posted by dhartung 02 December | 12:16

(Don't post the "?edited=1" part of the URL.)

Why not? Does that compromise flickr's security or something?

posted by jason's_planet 02 December | 20:33

Nice shot - I love helis. Using my exhaustive knowledge of NYC geography, gleaned entirely from TV, Google and Grand Theft Auto, I'm guessing you were standing on the East River Bikeway. That heliport is also present in Liberty City, in much the same relative location...

posted by Rembrandt Q. Einstein 02 December | 22:47

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