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Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)
Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)

Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)

Date12/14/1971
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  • Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-(...)
  • Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-94-foot landing pad atop the 11-storey Elm St. wing of the hospital. The patient for practice run was the 7-year-old son of a hospital employee; suffering nothing more serious than a minor cold. In regular sue; the heliport will save precious time getting emergency cases to hospital. [Incomplete]
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hospital heliport atop the Toronto Hospital Sick Children gets its first test today as a angle-rotor Canadian Forces helicopter drops onto the 120-by-94-foot landing pad atop the 11-storey Elm St. wing of the hospital. The patient for practice run was the 7-year-old son of a hospital employee; suffering nothing more serious than a minor cold. In regular sue; the heliport will save precious time getting emergency cases to hospital. [Incomplete]
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