When I worked as a consultant at 55 Water Street my desk was next to a window overlooking the heliport. It was fun watching them landing and taking off. My favorite was when President Clinton would fly in and his motorcade would line up on the FDR drive. I still have a picture I took in 1998 showing his helicopter and the motorcade.
I always found the helicopters to be annoying and bothersome. It’s cool on the rare occasion when the president arrives to address the UN, but 99.9999% of the time it’s just tourists.
@@iTzDritte I couldn’t hear the helicopters from my office. I just saw them if I looked out the window at Brooklyn. I could have closed the blinds or looked elsewhere if it bothered me. Or did some work I was getting paid for. In the early 1980s I used to visit a warehouse sometimes that was next to Island Helicopters in Garden City, NY. That was annoyingly loud. We joked about having a kite flying contest in the parking lot which was right next to the heliport. They shut down years ago and they built a hotel (now Hampton Inn Garden City, NY) where they took off from.
That would be cool. I did see Biden leaving Wall Street one night but usually when the president was flying I had to take the heli elsewhere so I didn't get to see anything
@doubledrats235 That must have been awesome! I worked at EWR as an airfield electrician when President Clinton was in office. He was in town one day for a UN meeting. We were tasked with setting up portable lights around the C-141 which flew in his motorcade (about 5 or 6 vehicles packed into that bird). Air Force One was parked on the other side of the airport. After setting up the lights around the C-141, just before dusk, my co-worker and I met the flight crew and started talking. I was telling them how much I loved aviation and always wanted to become a pilot. They invited us to the flight deck and I asked the Captain if it was ok for me to snap some pictures of the cockpit (I'd already took pictures outside). He said sure. Then he told me to sit in his seat as he reached for my camera to take a picture of me. Then they said....ok now from the co-pilot's seat! Man I was in heaven as a young 20 yr old kid...LOL. A little over a decade later (at 32) I started flight lessons at Teterboro Airport and got my PPL just prior to my 33rd birthday. 😊 Met a lot of great military and civilian pilots and saw a ton of awesome aircraft at EWR and LGA back then! Also saw President Reagan at EWR when I was around 17yrs old.
I had a job where I would get transported to mountain top communications sites in Alaska in either a 206 or a 407. It was nothing like flying around a city.
Interesting seeing how things are done back there. Out here in L.A. it's all about the freeways. The recommended routes are pretty much 90% following the those. Still don't see too many Bell, but it's been slowly increasing. LAFD just got one. Aspen company uses 407s to do target collection for the Navy near me out on the ocean range.
A lot of our routes still follow highways and major roads still. Bell definitely dominates the market in NYC though. Plenty of S76s and AW139s as well though
Im old enough to remember when the Pam Am Building on Park Ave in NYC had their heliport ontop of their roof. They would shuttle, via their own fleet of Pan Am helicopters their passengers from NYC to JFK PanAm terminals. Silver cutlery and fine china plates. No expenses spared.
I must have watched hundreds of helicopter videos and this is the best one by far. I feel as if I'm in the backseat. The views and your conversations made me relax after a very stressful week. Thank you for showing and explaining each detail of the flight. Excellent work!
Helo’s are fascinating contraptions. Must get my ticket to fly one. Yeah, I’m rich. Thanks for the video gentlemen. Enjoyed the flight. Now, I don’t have to pay for it (smile). If I could whirl anywhere, I’d do the Nepali coast run.
@@sinfulldoubt Yeah, save up some shekels and go. Kauai was my favorite. The whirlybird scene was like a benevolent swarm of organized honey bees, coming and going down to the second. You’re the kind of guy that could really appreciate that (smile).
@@chairlesnicol672 a resolution advisory. It's what happens when the traffic collision and avoidance system detects that aircraft are too close and basically forces aircraft to comply with them. Usually it means causing a jet to abort their landing and go-around
With only having 15 hrs in a bell helicopter, flying this route would be an absolute dream!! I started out of pocket, but other life choices got in the way and gave up my training years ago. I do miss it so. Awesome video ❤
All the dozens of flights I've been on as a wildland firefighter and calling in around 100 bucket drops has brought me into researching ultralight helis. Under 254lbs with floats and a 5 gallon gas tank with an engine that doesn't go above 55 knots (63mph). Evidently that doesn't require a pilots license. Same with paramotors. I'll do some training first before I ever actually purchase some form of flight machine that doesn't require a license 🦺🙏
What a fantastic video, thank you. Makes me question the choices I've made and how I live my life. It's amazing what some people do and their easy expertise with daunting activities. Some people know how to fly helicopters over big cities. While I just watch them on UA-cam. Makes you think
I remember like 20 years ago watching from a Brooklyn heights building where I worked a heli go into the water near the heliport there was crazy everyone survived though.
Many thanks for this great flight. 25 years ago i was the second time in new york and took a helicopter sightseeing tour from manhatten downtown helipad. it brings back great memories. i look forward to more great videos. i wish you all the best.
This video was on my front page randomly.. me watching the whole thing with no expectations.. only to find out you're landing at the Heliport in GTA IV!! So crazy... Probably my favorite game ever was GTA IV, over 1400 hours solo played, and to see that part of the game appear in real life for me.. so cool. I've only been to New York for one day in my life. Thank you for posting.
Every detail is much appreciated as always. Addition of the captions is a really good idea for extra clarification and general info. I could have watched at least the first 5 tours quite easily... 😁
This video is fantastic. I live in southern Bergen County (and lived by North Hudson Park, and went to Stevens…), so this was a tour of my home. Keep these coming and safe flights!
The usual argument there is that they want the driver to be able to see the aircraft they're towing better , especially when they're pushing the aircraft into the hangar where it's a tight fit
@@sinfulldoubt WOW!! Thats not even that Long... I worked in Rotary Wing Spares for 11 years Servicing the US Spec Ops community ad well as Army, Navy & USMC.. The Bell UH-1H and its Variantss were my most preferred birds but I deslt with The AH-1 Apache, CH47 Chinook and on and on.. UH60 etc... But of them all Sikorski , Boeing and Bell the Bell was a fan Fave.. Many Soldiers despised the UH60's Mainly because they were always out of parts and constantly breaking down.. but to our Point it takes a fine touch and cool Collective hand to fly those
Well I found the “Collective & Cyclic” channel that looks the BEST on UA-cam. I was so IMPRESSED with Preflight/ Pretake off. Would wide again with you in second. Your should brought back my Uncle Sam Days. GREAT JOB.
I'm looking at going to flight school to become a commercial helicopter pilot and was wondering what your journey has been to get where you are now? Always a good day when you post!
Oh it's been an awesome adventure that's taken me all over the world. If you're open to just moving wherever and doing whatever to get hours it's pretty easy to find a job. That being said, it was still a bumpy road to getting these hours. Covid really halted things. I started doing cherry drying, worked an AG company for a bit but that wasn't my cup of tea. So I went to the tuna boats for a while. Then came to NYC for a while. Left for a company doing power line work but got laid off last year. So I came back to NYC for a few months until I was able to come back to the power line gig last month
Wow nice to see the Caldwell airport, this is where i Got my certificate on a Robinson 22 in 1992. Instructor was Jeff Morrow. Examiner was Chavez. I liked going on Sunday morning, no traffic. Went around the Statue and took some pictures of the Intrepid. There was no GPS or iPads. Paper map's only! Thank you Blade. God bless.
I'm sure it looks pretty different these days. Those early morning flights down the river were awesome though. Had a few flights where I was the only one on the river and those were nice
Great to see from heli pov... I flew the river Saturday but up above with ATC at 1500-2000. My videos look like crap compared to this, amazing! ...and fun to see my plane at Nov-Lima ramp as you took off ...and i did my Comm checkride in 677DM as seen in the beginning of the video!
Flying over even short distances of water like that is foolish without over-water gear on and installed floats. Maybe that helicopter had the expandable floats on, but I couldn’t tell, nor could I see the actuator switch on the cyclic.
Always super interesting !! Love those written comments at the bottom.Please have somebody film you from the outside on take off or landing ! Thank you very much !!
i have been on 1 helicopter in my life, it was a Lifeflight Helicopter, after being in an Head on collision with a drunk driver, yea i was not able to see out the front, but it was a Helluva Ride non the less to the orlando regional medical center back in 1986
I rarely leave a comment BUT watching you do these NYC flights is just fuckin' AMAZIN'!! I got to imagine the stress level has to be fairly HIGH doing these roots what 10 times a day?!? And it's amazing to watch how much you have to do to fly safely in probably one of the highest traffic levels in the world!! As far as I could tell there were only a minute here or there in the videos where you could relax and weren't constantly getting advisories and adjusting your route as well as being aware of all the instrumentation that's required. Again this has to be a fairly stressful job transporting passengers back and forth from the city to the airports. I doubt there is any pilot who has done this for more than a few years if even that!! I have no clue as to what they pay you but if you're not making $250k then you are not being recognized for your talent and skill!! I see from your number of videos that it has not been a consistent process for you here on UA-cam. The reason I am leaving these comments is because I found it absolutely fascinating and since this was the first time I've ever watched any helicopter videos my heart rate raised significantly because I know how much air traffic is in this area. I absolutely love to fly but I don't know if my sense of anxiety would allow me to be in a helicopter on your route. As others have commented have stated I think how you present the video is outstanding!! I appreciate as well the subtitles because it gives me a lot of information about what it is you're actually doing which allows me to appreciate and understand more of the process. The only criticism I have is the noise level from the engine and blades are a bit unnecessary but it's part of the job and I can always mute the sound and still know what's going on because of the subtitles.
Thanks for posting, loved it, watching here in Adelaide, reminiscing about flying tourists for Ayers Rock Helicopters over a decade ago now 😢 no air conditioning either!
Thanks for this video, very cool, as much as all the others you posted. I must say you revived my old "helicopter-pilot-dream". Figuring out how to realize it now. Thanks again for that.
@@BwInNewJersey What do you know about this person's situation? Maybe they can't get medically cleared to fly. Maybe they're afraid. Maybe they can't afford it. Does it make you feel better about yourself to be a cunt?
dude i'm on the seastreak watching you guys land all the time. Epic job bro thanks for the vid
That's awesome! Glad you enjoyed it. We're always watching you guys too lol
When I worked as a consultant at 55 Water Street my desk was next to a window overlooking the heliport. It was fun watching them landing and taking off. My favorite was when President Clinton would fly in and his motorcade would line up on the FDR drive. I still have a picture I took in 1998 showing his helicopter and the motorcade.
I always found the helicopters to be annoying and bothersome. It’s cool on the rare occasion when the president arrives to address the UN, but 99.9999% of the time it’s just tourists.
@@iTzDritte I couldn’t hear the helicopters from my office. I just saw them if I looked out the window at Brooklyn. I could have closed the blinds or looked elsewhere if it bothered me. Or did some work I was getting paid for.
In the early 1980s I used to visit a warehouse sometimes that was next to Island Helicopters in Garden City, NY. That was annoyingly loud. We joked about having a kite flying contest in the parking lot which was right next to the heliport. They shut down years ago and they built a hotel (now Hampton Inn Garden City, NY) where they took off from.
That would be cool. I did see Biden leaving Wall Street one night but usually when the president was flying I had to take the heli elsewhere so I didn't get to see anything
@doubledrats235
That must have been awesome! I worked at EWR as an airfield electrician when President Clinton was in office. He was in town one day for a UN meeting. We were tasked with setting up portable lights around the C-141 which flew in his motorcade (about 5 or 6 vehicles packed into that bird). Air Force One was parked on the other side of the airport. After setting up the lights around the C-141, just before dusk, my co-worker and I met the flight crew and started talking. I was telling them how much I loved aviation and always wanted to become a pilot. They invited us to the flight deck and I asked the Captain if it was ok for me to snap some pictures of the cockpit (I'd already took pictures outside). He said sure. Then he told me to sit in his seat as he reached for my camera to take a picture of me. Then they said....ok now from the co-pilot's seat! Man I was in heaven as a young 20 yr old kid...LOL.
A little over a decade later (at 32) I started flight lessons at Teterboro Airport and got my PPL just prior to my 33rd birthday. 😊
Met a lot of great military and civilian pilots and saw a ton of awesome aircraft at EWR and LGA back then! Also saw President Reagan at EWR when I was around 17yrs old.
FBC
I had a job where I would get transported to mountain top communications sites in Alaska in either a 206 or a 407. It was nothing like flying around a city.
great view,...thanx from NC🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting seeing how things are done back there. Out here in L.A. it's all about the freeways. The recommended routes are pretty much 90% following the those. Still don't see too many Bell, but it's been slowly increasing. LAFD just got one. Aspen company uses 407s to do target collection for the Navy near me out on the ocean range.
A lot of our routes still follow highways and major roads still. Bell definitely dominates the market in NYC though. Plenty of S76s and AW139s as well though
Wow, right into the heart of all those criminals...not good.
Smooth flying, looks allot of fun
Thanks! It was definitely a lot of fun but repetitive
Im old enough to remember when the Pam Am Building on Park Ave in NYC had their heliport ontop of their roof. They would shuttle, via their own fleet of Pan Am helicopters their passengers from NYC to JFK PanAm terminals. Silver cutlery and fine china plates.
No expenses spared.
That would have been pretty cool to experience
Hiya,
what is that instrument above the DME/ADF and below the no smoking sticker?
Do you have the model number for it?
I'm assuming you're talking about the giant box? There a VHF/UHF/Marine radio.
Perfect day for a flight !
Yeah it was a beautiful morning
First Helicopter video I have ever watched pretty awesome its not gonna be my last.
Glad you liked it!
Oh.....I wanted to go on the tour.
I might be able to post one
This video begins at 16:00. After that, it's a great ride. Thank you.
Last time I flew was from LAX to Disneyland in 1965.
Nice!
Nice ride. I appreciate. Dialogue makes it a bit better. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thrilling
Thanks
0:13 // 0:17 - - flight maps - - 10:39 - - 11:25 - - 16:21
19:41 - - platforms
I must have watched hundreds of helicopter videos and this is the best one by far. I feel as if I'm in the backseat. The views and your conversations made me relax after a very stressful week. Thank you for showing and explaining each detail of the flight. Excellent work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. More to come!
Awesome video! It was good the hear the ATC communications. The scenery is very interesting. Bell 407 is one of my favourite helicopter 😊
Liked and subscribed. I've always loved to fly but this is as close as I got lately.
Glad you're enjoying the channel!
Helo’s are fascinating contraptions. Must get my ticket to fly one. Yeah, I’m rich. Thanks for the video gentlemen. Enjoyed the flight. Now, I don’t have to pay for it (smile). If I could whirl anywhere, I’d do the Nepali coast run.
That would be a pretty sweet place to see from the air
@@sinfulldoubt Yeah, save up some shekels and go. Kauai was my favorite. The whirlybird scene was like a benevolent swarm of organized honey bees, coming and going down to the second. You’re the kind of guy that could really appreciate that (smile).
So cool! Thanks for taking the time to show us your trip
No problem, glad you enjoyed it. I enjoy being able to share what I do for a living
@@sinfulldoubtWhat's an RA?
@@chairlesnicol672 a resolution advisory. It's what happens when the traffic collision and avoidance system detects that aircraft are too close and basically forces aircraft to comply with them. Usually it means causing a jet to abort their landing and go-around
Really cool, thanks mate!
No problem, glad you enjoyed it
Def a helicopter: loud, shaky, sea-sick producing movement, but fun.
Oh yeah, wouldn't want it any other way 🤣
@@sinfulldoubt Nice flight - I enjoyed the vid!
Wall Street Heliport? I was expecting you to land on a sky scraper heliport on Wall Street.
That would have been awesome but they unfortunately don't allow rooftop landings anymore
Respect !!
Thanks!
With only having 15 hrs in a bell helicopter, flying this route would be an absolute dream!! I started out of pocket, but other life choices got in the way and gave up my training years ago. I do miss it so. Awesome video ❤
Well glad you liked it! I know how it goes though, took me a long time to get through training
All the dozens of flights I've been on as a wildland firefighter and calling in around 100 bucket drops has brought me into researching ultralight helis. Under 254lbs with floats and a 5 gallon gas tank with an engine that doesn't go above 55 knots (63mph). Evidently that doesn't require a pilots license. Same with paramotors. I'll do some training first before I ever actually purchase some form of flight machine that doesn't require a license 🦺🙏
4:24 what's crazy to me is how many apps that guy has like wow!
Never know when you'll need them 🤣
What is the fastest speed you attain between New York and New Jersey?
I've been able to hit 152 knots with a tailwind
that was smooth.
Thanks!
Was a passenger on a flight out and back in there once, this was a fun POV.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Tudo começa num lugar arborizado... E termina num lugar concretizado.
Yeah Caldwell is much nicer
Cool...thanx!
Glad you liked it
I remember when helicopter flights could be made off the roof of the old PAN-AM building in Manhattan.
That would have been awesome to be involved in
what ipad holder are you using on the windscreen?
I'm not too sure, I think it was a single ram suction cup to an x grip. Not my favorite setup
I took a helicopter ride with my son around NYC and the weather was perfect. What’s your average elevation on the tours?
We typically fly the tours at 1,500 feet
What adapter did you use for the GoPro to hear your internal comms?
The pilot communications USA cable from My Pilot Store
What a fantastic video, thank you. Makes me question the choices I've made and how I live my life. It's amazing what some people do and their easy expertise with daunting activities. Some people know how to fly helicopters over big cities. While I just watch them on UA-cam. Makes you think
Oh don't worry I do the same thing when I compare myself to others lol.
i remember somewhere like that in gta 4.
Same 😂 used to steal helicopters from there all the time. Who would have known that I'd work there years later
@@sinfulldoubt same here bro was the best spot for escaping the cops with heli
Is it the co-pilot or pilot who’s on his phone for the entire startup process?
It's a single pilot helicopter so he's essentially just a passenger during the flight in
Love to see this flying! Subscribed!
Thanks!
Nice flight sim. The people looked pretty real. A little pixelated though. Voices were definitely AI. Sounded pretty robotic.
Oh yeah almost had you fooled 🤣
@@sinfulldoubt
Sweet ride, good audio !
Thanks!
Pretty sweet. It looks just like Microsoft flight simulator
Lol I get that a lot.
the amount of absolute chaos i have caused on this heliport in gta 4 is legendary
Same 🤣
I remember like 20 years ago watching from a Brooklyn heights building where I worked a heli go into the water near the heliport there was crazy everyone survived though.
8:20 liftoff
One of the best feelings
407 comments before adding this one! You mentioned leaving, what’s your next assignment?
I want back to my old job flying power line survey work
@@sinfulldoubt the very best to you.
I landed here all the time in GTA 4.
Crazy how rockstar managed to replicate everything so perfectly.
Oh yeah that was the best thing to do lol
Sorry if you get this question a lot, but is a position like this salaried or hourly?
This one was just a salary but for a while they were paying a salary plus a passenger bonus for each passenger we flew
Jet ranger bell helicopter? Am I right? Is Chuck Norris in the back?
Almost right. It's the 407. Similar cockpit though
I want a helicopter.
Lol me too!
Many thanks for this great flight.
25 years ago i was the second time in new york and took a helicopter sightseeing tour from manhatten downtown helipad. it brings back great memories. i look forward to more great videos. i wish you all the best.
Thanks! I may end up posting a tour as well
This video was on my front page randomly.. me watching the whole thing with no expectations.. only to find out you're landing at the Heliport in GTA IV!! So crazy... Probably my favorite game ever was GTA IV, over 1400 hours solo played, and to see that part of the game appear in real life for me.. so cool. I've only been to New York for one day in my life. Thank you for posting.
Glad you liked it! I used to do that all the time in GTA too 🤣 who would have known I would be doing it in real life before long
I recognized this as well. I had no clue it was a real location it was modeled after. Not a fan of NYC in general, but a big fan of GTA 4.
Great video and thanks so much from Edmonton,Alberta!!👍🏼🇨🇦🇺🇸😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I flew on Blade recently - W30th to JFK - my first time in a copter - loved it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Every detail is much appreciated as always. Addition of the captions is a really good idea for extra clarification and general info.
I could have watched at least the first 5 tours quite easily... 😁
Thanks! I might be able to post a tour flight here if people actually wanna see that
@@sinfulldoubt Definitely would want to see atleast one tour flight. Love all of the New York content by the way!
your videos have a special way of making complex topics fun!
Thanks!
I flew to the offshore rigs off the coast of Louisiana years ago and it was on a Huey. The first 3 rides were so cool
My first helicopter ride was on a Huey as well. Good times
What kind of phone did the passenger have ? Anybody?
Not a clue
2:34 Hey! We have the same password!
Not same as my personal one at least 🤣
This video is fantastic. I live in southern Bergen County (and lived by North Hudson Park, and went to Stevens…), so this was a tour of my home. Keep these coming and safe flights!
Small world! Glad I could show you a different perspective
why don t they put the hitch on the other side of the car/vehicle so they can drive forward vs. reverse
The usual argument there is that they want the driver to be able to see the aircraft they're towing better , especially when they're pushing the aircraft into the hangar where it's a tight fit
@@sinfulldoubt that makes a lot of sense actually.
Why do you SEEM to be ignoring the traffic alerts?
I can see the traffic out the window. Don't have to do anything with the traffic system in the aircraft
ooh PHI (or Charm ??) 407
Charm but leased from PHI
@@sinfulldoubt thanks !! i been wondering which it was since ive seen the Charm lettering on the sides of the two PHI 407
Cool video. I couldn't help but wonder why the person that has never heard a low altitude alert is touching so many switches?
Yeah he's still pretty new. He's my replacement
One of my fondest memories is being picked up by a Huey. Can’t ever forget the sound. You knew it was coming even with your eyes closed.
Oh yeah, such an iconic helicopter
I have been a captain in New York on yachts, live watching you guys fly in new york
That's awesome! We're always watching you guys down below as well.
that landing takes some big balls, much respect from Australia
It definitely takes a lot of practice to get comfortable doing it. But not as bad as landing on the tuna boat like before
Thanks so much for these great videos - it helps landlubers like me soar in our imaginations!
No problem, glad you're enjoying them!
You ,ake it look so easy! I have flown Simulators and IT AINT EASY!!
It gets easier though! I've been flying helicopters since 2015
@@sinfulldoubt WOW!! Thats not even that Long... I worked in Rotary Wing Spares for 11 years Servicing the US Spec Ops community ad well as Army, Navy & USMC.. The Bell UH-1H and its Variantss were my most preferred birds but I deslt with The AH-1 Apache, CH47 Chinook and on and on.. UH60 etc... But of them all Sikorski , Boeing and Bell the Bell was a fan Fave.. Many Soldiers despised the UH60's Mainly because they were always out of parts and constantly breaking down.. but to our Point it takes a fine touch and cool Collective hand to fly those
Hi can you explain how you trim the helicopter to stay stabile? or how does this work?
There's no trim on these helis. Just have to use a light touch and a steady hand
Well I found the “Collective & Cyclic” channel that looks the BEST on UA-cam. I was so IMPRESSED with Preflight/ Pretake off. Would wide again with you in second. Your should brought back my Uncle Sam Days. GREAT JOB.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Excellent video as always, you are definetly the best when it comes to helicopter youtube.
Thanks for the kind words! I've got some more ideas to keep improving. Just gotta keep investing in cameras and software to help achieve that
Absolutely
I'm looking at going to flight school to become a commercial helicopter pilot and was wondering what your journey has been to get where you are now? Always a good day when you post!
Oh it's been an awesome adventure that's taken me all over the world. If you're open to just moving wherever and doing whatever to get hours it's pretty easy to find a job. That being said, it was still a bumpy road to getting these hours. Covid really halted things. I started doing cherry drying, worked an AG company for a bit but that wasn't my cup of tea. So I went to the tuna boats for a while. Then came to NYC for a while. Left for a company doing power line work but got laid off last year. So I came back to NYC for a few months until I was able to come back to the power line gig last month
Wow nice to see the Caldwell airport, this is where i Got my certificate on a Robinson 22 in 1992. Instructor was Jeff Morrow. Examiner was Chavez. I liked going on Sunday morning, no traffic. Went around the Statue and took some pictures of the Intrepid. There was no GPS or iPads. Paper map's only! Thank you Blade. God bless.
I'm sure it looks pretty different these days. Those early morning flights down the river were awesome though. Had a few flights where I was the only one on the river and those were nice
How long would that trip take in a car?
Ideal conditions, zero traffic, fast car: maybe 40 mins. Realistically, over an hour, maybe two on a bad day.
Can confirm, traffic gets real backed up
All the way to the heliport, probably looking at an hour and a half at least most days
@@sinfulldoubt Thank you for reference point. Of course I knew it'd be a long trip, was curious.
Great to see from heli pov... I flew the river Saturday but up above with ATC at 1500-2000. My videos look like crap compared to this, amazing!
...and fun to see my plane at Nov-Lima ramp as you took off
...and i did my Comm checkride in 677DM as seen in the beginning of the video!
Congrats! Small world for sure
Flying over even short distances of water like that is foolish without over-water gear on and installed floats. Maybe that helicopter had the expandable floats on, but I couldn’t tell, nor could I see the actuator switch on the cyclic.
Yeah I was wearing a life vest and the helicopter has floats and life rafts
Qui yuston mi ricevete?siamo in fase di decollo...mi sentite? Ah ah
Loud and clear! 🤣
Nice trip! You are passing my NJ building around the 17-minute mark. In future I will keep any eye out for your craft from the terrace!
We'll be waving back
Always super interesting !! Love those written comments at the bottom.Please have somebody film you from the outside on take off or landing ! Thank you very much !!
I might actually have some video footage that I could use for that in the future
Awesome video! Nicely done!
Thanks!
i have been on 1 helicopter in my life, it was a Lifeflight Helicopter, after being in an Head on collision with a drunk driver, yea i was not able to see out the front, but it was a Helluva Ride non the less to the orlando regional medical center back in 1986
Well that's unfortunate circumstances. Hopefully you can go up again and enjoy it a little more this time
Ahh! the ONLY way to travel! What a GREAT view! Thanks for the video!
No problem, Glad you enjoyed it!
I rarely leave a comment BUT watching you do these NYC flights is just fuckin' AMAZIN'!! I got to imagine the stress level has to be fairly HIGH doing these roots what 10 times a day?!? And it's amazing to watch how much you have to do to fly safely in probably one of the highest traffic levels in the world!! As far as I could tell there were only a minute here or there in the videos where you could relax and weren't constantly getting advisories and adjusting your route as well as being aware of all the instrumentation that's required. Again this has to be a fairly stressful job transporting passengers back and forth from the city to the airports. I doubt there is any pilot who has done this for more than a few years if even that!! I have no clue as to what they pay you but if you're not making $250k then you are not being recognized for your talent and skill!!
I see from your number of videos that it has not been a consistent process for you here on UA-cam. The reason I am leaving these comments is because I found it absolutely fascinating and since this was the first time I've ever watched any helicopter videos my heart rate raised significantly because I know how much air traffic is in this area. I absolutely love to fly but I don't know if my sense of anxiety would allow me to be in a helicopter on your route.
As others have commented have stated I think how you present the video is outstanding!! I appreciate as well the subtitles because it gives me a lot of information about what it is you're actually doing which allows me to appreciate and understand more of the process. The only criticism I have is the noise level from the engine and blades are a bit unnecessary but it's part of the job and I can always mute the sound and still know what's going on because of the subtitles.
"123456"
😂💀
Told them the same thing 🤣
Thanks for posting, loved it, watching here in Adelaide, reminiscing about flying tourists for Ayers Rock Helicopters over a decade ago now 😢 no air conditioning either!
That air conditioning really does spoil you lol
Definitely no sterile cockpit
Nah we get to have fun
Thats cool
Can't argue with that
No chemistry in that helo.
To be fair it was one of our first times flying together. He got hired like my last week on the job
You never disappoint!
Thank you! Hopefully the next one will be well received. Still trying to plan and film what I can
What’s your opinion on this?
Which part in particular?
I'm such an idiot, for the first 2 seconds I was thinking "who's flying the chopper!?"
Nah no idiot....understandable ( ànd funny) 😊
Oh you're not the first one who thought the same thing 🤣
How much does this cost? Thousands?
Probably
Probably only a few hundred, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to how much was made that day
Thanks for this video, very cool, as much as all the others you posted. I must say you revived my old "helicopter-pilot-dream". Figuring out how to realize it now. Thanks again for that.
Thanks! And good luck
This is the only way I will ever fly in a helicopter and I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it! You can live vicariously through this channel then. Hopefully I'll have some more videos soon
Living your life thru a device. Awesome
Flight sim in VR baby! Yeah!
I get the fear of some people towards helicopters but they're safer then being out on the roads with lunatics.
@@BwInNewJersey What do you know about this person's situation? Maybe they can't get medically cleared to fly. Maybe they're afraid. Maybe they can't afford it. Does it make you feel better about yourself to be a cunt?
Wow that’s great. I’m an A320 pilot and this was a very different perspective for me. I hope I get to ride in one of those helicopters one day….
Oh yeah very different life from the airline guys. Hope you can come experience the heli side
Caldwell looks different from the 60s. I used to fly in for the coffee shop. No tower active.
Oh yeah I can imagine. Was the propeller company still active then?
I thought the startup altitude warnings were inhibited when the transponder was in standby mode
That's definitely a possibility. I can't say we ever turned the transponder to standby though.