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Google Earth Views: Seaplanes are Hotter than Helicopters

June 16, 2006 at 11:27 AM | 0 Comments

We blame our Google Earth helipad obsession on Trump.  However, led us to a cool floating heli-pad off Mercer Island, near Seattle.

Guess who it belongs to? Nope, not Bill Gates.  The floating landing barge belongs to Paul Allen, who is rumored to have built the pad because the Mercer Island powers that be wouldn't let him land on his abutting property. Doesn't dude know that seaplanes are the way to go in the Pac Northwest? Sure seaplane insurance policies are few an far between because of the whole plane + water = near certain disaster equation, but if we were Paul Allen we would have gone seaplane.

Floating heli-pad aside, we still think seeing Seattle by seaplane is the decadent way to go.

Related Stories:
· Paul Allen's Heli-pad [maps.google.com]
· NW Seaplanes [Official Site]