The view from a helicopter is quite different than from an airplane or tall building. A helicopter has a better ability to go both low & high, hover, provide agility to make tight banking turns, and is allowed access to locations that airplanes are not allowed. And buildings don’t move around quite nearly as much.
Our guided tour flew all around the Seattle area, leaving from Boeing Field on the south side of town and then heading out over the Mt Baker neighborhood, I-90, Lake Washington, Bellevue, Beaux Arts, Bill Gates’ home, 520, University of Washington Husky Stadium, Portage Bay, Lake Union, Green Lake, Puget Sound, The Highlands, Golden Gardens Park, Shilshole Bay Marina, Ballard Locks (Hiram M Chittenden Locks), Interbay, Balmer Yards, Port terminals, Space Needle, EMP, Seattle Center, downtown & waterfront, Seahawks football stadium / Century Link Stadium, Mariners baseball stadium / Safeco Field, and many other places in between.
Take a 2 minute tour of Seattle in the video below.
At helicopter before taking off from Boeing Field
Links:
Helicopters Northwest
Seattle Helicopter Charters
Reference:
Seattle from the Air (Bird’s Eye View)
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