Trip to the Helicopter Museum
 
Trip to the helicopter museum in Brandywine, PA, then to a couple of small heliports on the way back, and then to West 30th St in Manhattan
 

   


Getting started
GPS with topographic map, very useful to find a helipad
Departing Linden, heading South
Arriving at Brandywine, PA, after 50mins
Brandywine airfield, with the helicopter Museum on the left
On final for the helipad
Looking for a parking spot
 
Getting some fuel, while we go to the museum across the runway
In the museum. Cobra gunship
OH-6
A Bell-47
In the back of a Huey
The controls of a Huey
One of the first Sikorsky helicopters
A French Djinn
An old autogyro
A Cessna helicopter
A Piasecki dual rotor
No idea what this is
Norristown heliport (the H)
On final for the pad, right above the trees
This is somebody's backyard
Flying along the Delaware, from PA to NJ
Some nice houses on the hills
Crossing the Delaware
Long final for the heliport at Clinton
Still on final
Here we are
Parked in the back of the restaurant
Front entrance, but it was closed that day
Our parking spot seen from further away
...and further
Getting ready to roll
Nice colors in the parking lot
NJ view
Horse-shoe shaped building
On final for the dolly at Linden
Crossing from Staten Island to Brooklyn, along the Verazano Bridge
People on the beach at Coney Island
Crossing over Brooklyn
Manhattan harbor view
Battery Park
Financial district
Crossing Manhattan, the Empire State Building
View from the heliport