Strange Helo over LGA

**cancidas** · 2006-02-23, 10:16 AM

as many of you know, LGA is a waypoint on the published route for helicopters to transit the class B airspace over NYC. as a result, there is a lot of helo traffic that flies overhead. recently, i've been sseing a strange helo pass overhead, one that i can't recognise. what i think it may be is the sikorsky s-92, however i'm not even sure if that is in productions as yet.

some detail: she's big, much bigger than an s-76, yet smaller than say an mh-63. it's a singel rotor and tail boom design, which really leads me to beileve it's a sikorsky, so that rules out a ch-43 or ch-47, though it appears to be that size.

if anyone has any insight, please help me out. i see it about 2 or 3 times on my shift.

**Corey** · 2006-02-23, 11:07 AM

Probably an S-92. They are in production and quite a few have been delivered. There are two that are privately owned in the area. I former bigwig from G.E. owns one, and Steven Spielberg bought one although I am not sure if it has been delivered yet.

Corey

**Tom_Turner** · 2006-02-23, 10:00 PM

Hi Matt.

I have to agree with Corey - Not that many choices out there. Off hand I can only think of the S-92 and there have been some delivered. I believe its been to the West Side Heliport in Manhattan as well. I heard it took up two spaces.

Unless Matt - its an S-62? But that doesn't look quite like an S-76 though.
I know theres at least one in civil markings thats in our area on rare occasion.

Corey - You're the one that got some shots up at Stewart, right?

Tom

**Corey** · 2006-02-23, 10:11 PM

Corey - You're the one that got some shots up at Stewart, right?

Yeah...was a good time.
I was up at SWF a few weeks ago and a Black S-92 was doing touch and go's. I didn't get any pics, but apperantly it belongs to a retired GE Exec.

Corey