Tutti
← Back to Squawk list
Incredible Flight Around Freedom Tower
Having one of the most awesome jobs imaginable, this pilot was hired to photograph the Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan from the air. Don't try this at home...the authorities would probably be none too pleased if you did this without permission. (www.youtube.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Latest video - http://youtu.be/hJmFJHVFE-0
Flying over Manhattan specially at low altitudes is always a treat. There was nothing more enjoyable for my old man than taking the New York Airways Vertol helos and fly from EWR, LGA of JFK to the Pan Am heliport. He was not a New Yorker by birth but by choice.
I think a really nice presentation - let all the complainers try to do better with their own airplanes.
Great pictures of lower Manhattan.
This flight was a commercial photo mission flight. The video was taken from the cockpit of a CESSNA, not a helicopter. A head-on shot of the FT was NOT the point of flying here. The video was simply the byproduct of still photos taken by the photographer sitting right-seat. The FT is the building with two cranes on the top of it and is also known as One World Trade. The other building under construction is the shorter building which is also part of the WTC complex. Sorry if you didn't like the video. Feel free to grab your own plane and do it better. ;)
Not great for actual views of the tower, true, but when it did bring the tower in frame, the panorama around it was cool to see; definitely not a great video, but it gave some idea of how the new FT fits into the NYC skyline.