Hi All -
When the Intrepid was towed back to Manhattan recently, I ventured over to Battery Park & Battery Park City to get a few shots, but what I did not expect was the treat of three vintage helicopters...
While not terribly rare across the country, Schweizer 269s & Hughes 369s are hardly common amongst the many corporate, govt agency and tourist choppers we get in our area.... but what was a truly shocking sight was a Sikorsky S-55 in the air over the harbor. To see this over NYC in 2008 even trumps the wonderful work our favorite Long Island Warbird Museum's has done in preserving an airworthy S-58 (kudos for them for that btw..)
Sadly, your mediocre photographer here failed to adjust from shooting maritime subjects to a more appropriate shutter speed for choppers, so be warned....
Tom
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