Once we had a helicopter ride over Manhattan – I’ll never forget that view [photo 1 below]! But of course other photographers took breath-taking shots too, introducing the world of helicopters: So Ben Visbeek, also watching the twin towers [2] in Manhattan or “sOulsurfing”: Coastguard Rescue Helicopters at the Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight [3]; DVIDSHUB [4] and Defence Images [5] featured military equipment, Stewie1980 a Dutch trauma-helicopter. Maybe the most famous experiment created the photographer Andreas Feininger in Manhattan 1949, [7]: “light-tipped rotor blades of a helicopter as it takes off into the dark sky” [TIME / LIFE]! The great, latest absurd development to bring the heli topic up-to-date [8]: http://designtaxi.com/news/355873/A-Gorgeous-Bejeweled-Helicopter-Fit-For-A-French-Queen/
All following 6 photos below were sent to my group BLOG IT: click on the images to enter the galleries of the different photographers!
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“East River + Queensboro Bridge / heli-flight” – photo by Frizztext
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title=”The world changed since 9/11″ – photo by Ben Visbeek
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“Coastguard Rescue Helicopter” photo by s0ulsurfing / Jason Swain
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“Snapshots of Task Force Brawler” – Image by DVIDSHUB
![Snapshots of Task Force Brawler [Image 3 of 3]](https://i0.wp.com/farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8402392574_d94d136e83.jpg)
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“Harriers Leave HMS Ark Royal For Final Time” – photo by Defence Images
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“Traumahelikopter” – photo by Stewie1980 / Lars, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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related link: Andreas Feininger 1949, “Slinky-like pattern produced by light-tipped rotor blades of a helicopter as it takes off into the dark sky”
http://life.time.com/curiosities/ufos-in-praise-of-unusual-flying-objects/#1
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related link: A-Gorgeous-Bejeweled-Helicopter-Fit-For-A-French-Queen
http://designtaxi.com/news/355873/A-Gorgeous-Bejeweled-Helicopter-Fit-For-A-French-Queen/
Flickr Comments 
great post and photos
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Double “Like!”
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my photography news of the day:
http://paper.li/frizztext/1341657171?edition_id=605a00c0-7e54-11e2-91fa-0025907212e8
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Aww… you’re making me homesick. I can see my old apartment building in the top photograph. Not my favorite apartment, but definitely my favorite county of residence.
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Great photos…I’ve always been afraid to ride in a helicopter…all that glass just freaks me out!
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Great shots!
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Fantastic view!
My first helicopter ride was in my 20s when I was in Kauai, Hawaii! What a wonderful, spectacular and breathtaking ride! Then when I was in Alaska, I took a helicopter ride over glaciers (Columbia). It was spectacular, but when I looked down into the deep crevasses of the glaciers, I hoped that we would make it back safely because the pilot said one would likely not be found if one fell into a crevasse.
However, I will still ride a helicopter over spectacular views if more opportunities arise.
My hubby wants to do helicopter skiing. I don’t have enough courage to do that myself.
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your hubby wants to do helicopter skiing?
congrats for such a courage to even think of …
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