Sweet.

This is the PA-97 Helistat and it looks awesome. According to Piasecki Aircraft Corp, "The Helistat was built under a 1980 U.S. Navy contract for the Forest Service to demonstrate economic and ecological potential of heavy vertical air lifters in harvesting timber and other natural resources in difficult-to-get-to terrain." found via things magazine.

"Heaven" - Closing Scene

I'll keep with the film theme today, and present to you a very lo-fi recording of my favorite scene in the movie, "Heaven" by Tom Tykwer. This scene mirrors the beginning of the movie in which Giovanni Ribisi's character is flying a helicopter simulator and starts going straight up rather than across the terrain, his instructor says, "Control your height! Easy! You can´t fly like this in real life," to which he replies, "How high can I fly then?"

(forgive the low-quality, the scene is still powerful despite it)



This closing scene was the inspiration for a piece I did a few years ago on paper:


Nathan Abels, "Weight of Air", Acrylic on Paper, 22x30"