

The amazin' display was meant to prove that you could get someone to a hospital emergency room in just five minutes.
Except the chopper had mechanical difficulties and never got off the ground, according to Doug Connor of Autair Helicopter Services.

Councilor Harold Cummings, who was also a used car dealer, was left with egg on his face, although he also noted that he was able to drive to hospital in just 17 minutes, so maybe he was behind a conspiracy to subvert the choppers in favour of cars.
Anyway, we envisage a day when the program can be resurrected, except by using tiny little helicopters similar to what Amazon is proposing.
Yeah it might be ridiculous, but in 1983 the idea of people talking on what we once called "car phones" while riding the bus seemed equally absurd.