New
York Airways Boeing-Vertol V 107
N6672D
(c/n 2)
In 1958 New York Airways deserted
Sikorsky in favor of the Vertol 107. Seven were purchased
(including two operated operated
under contract to PanAm), by which time Vertol had been acquired
by
Boeing. N6672D seen above at the then "new" TWA terminal at JFK
was the first in the fleet. I
used them a lot
in the early 1970s, wherein I would fly into Newark on Mohawk and
then connect to
JFK for
my flights to Europe via the Vertols. The evening runs over the
Statue of Liberty just as the
lights
were coming on remain forever in my (now failing) memory!
The photograph
below depicts a publicity stunt pulled off in the late 1950s
whereby a Ford Mustang
was
hauled around Manhattan
under a Vertol twin rotor helicopter. Here it is seen at the West 30th
Street
heliport.
Boeing-Vertol V
107
N6676D
(c/n 6)