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Old Posted Aug 4, 2016, 12:29 AM
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Cool photos, I will definitely check out the deck and slide when I'm next in LA.

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Originally Posted by Murphy de la Sucre View Post
The helipads are numbered, first time to know.
"Flybird, please land on Wells Fargo building", "Wait what? Where is WtF building? Which one?"

"Flybird, please land on pad No.11", "Copy...done."
No, those numbers indicate the maximum weight the helipad can take. If I recall correctly, the max is the given number times 1,000 lbs, so a "12" means 12,000 lbs max.
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