Commercial use and operation of helicopters has found limited market in highly specialized applications and primarily in remote areas where unique capabilities of these can justify higher acquisition and operational costs; but market offering greatest potential for helicopter service and concurrent equipment sales is in heavily congested cities; problems facing establishment of heliports in numbers sufficient to exploit market, and joint manufacturer-operator program for approaching these problems are outlined; example of Century City development in West Los Angeles, Calif, shows how problems encountered were overcome.


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    Title :

    Heliports -- Key catalyst in VTOL industry growth


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1968 Helicopter



    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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