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Flying over New York

on February 5, 2010 12:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

It gets colder by the day here, we are due a big snow storm over the w/e so I'm hoping to get finished before then.

Went down to the heliport on West 30th yesterday to pick up the helicopter. This was the view out the window, and yes thats all ice on the Hudson !

Night aerial views of New York.

Jason Hawkes

on February 2, 2010 1:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

I'm over in New York for the next week, shooting night aerial views over Manhattan and surrounding area.

Went flying last night in a Twin Star, with both doors off. By the time we landed I could not even feel my hands, never felt cold like it.

I was chatting to my cab driver ( Eftakhar ) on the way down to the heliport, and asked if he wanted to come along for the ride. He had never been up in a helicopter before so jumped at the chance.

I had plenty of cold weather gear to wear, as did the pilot, but Eftakhar was only wearing a jumper. Quite how he survived the flight I'm not sure. He said he enjoyed it and even gave me a free ride back to my hotel.

Heres a few sample shots :

Midtown