[Scan-DC] Re: JWH helipad

[Chas Armstrong]

Wow, 3 pads - must be busy with traumas
in NC....

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Anything visible along the roofline ?

Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte,
N.C.) has all three helo pads staggered 
on the roof of the main building (about
8 floors up).

They also have an active, rotating
construction crane for lifting / moving 
construction materials on the
neighboring building.  Flightwatch has
contact 
with the crane operator, and the crane
is locked down prior to any helicopter 
approaching / departing the trauma
center.

Other flight services also transport to
CMC, and no one seems to have a 
problem with it.  When wind or weather
conditions affect safe approaches, the
helos 
are diverted to Charlotte-Douglas
International Airport, where the helos
can 
land at either the FBO or Charlotte PD's
helo facilities.


Jeff Multer
Fort Mill, S.C.

>>  I don't recall those two medical
centers having a helipad.  Even if
they wanted to install one I don't know
where it would be.  Things are well
developed in their areas plus the ch. 23
TV monster tower is too close for
comfort when flying around the
Chippenham area.

>>  Today I made a couple of passes
around JWH to see if they may
have landscaped a helipad or LZ into the
turf, nothing, not even 
a wind sock unless someone has it on
their foot.Chippenham  has a pad.
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