6-Mar-2017Source: Donaldson Company
A year after installing its first engine filter, successful New York City tour operator Liberty Helicopters has found a better solution to engine protection: the Donaldson Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF), a proven system from Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI). Liberty Helicopters had performed a thorough evaluation of engine... Read more
29-Feb-2016Source: Pall Aerospace
Pall Aerospace has partnered with Liberty Helicopters to demonstrate the capability of the PA100 PUREair engine protection system for Airbus Helicopters’ H125/AS350, and EC130 families of helicopters. The fully certified PA100 will be on display in the Pall Aerospace booth #8536 at Heli-Expo 2016 March 1-3. Liberty Helicopters, the largest and most experienced helicopter sightseeing and charter... Read more
28-Sep-2015Source: Business Insider
Blade, an Uber-for-helicopters startup, has a solution to the anticipated traffic congestion in New York City this weekend when the Pope visits the city. See Full Story... Read more
10-Jul-2015Source: NY Daily News
The City Council is preparing a bill to ban helicopter tourism from the five boroughs, saying the flights are so noisy their wings should be permanently clipped. See full story... Read more
21-May-2014Source: NY Post
A new app aims to provide a helicopter lift from Manhattan to the Hamptons for less by helping travelers “crowdsource” their own flights. See full story... Read more
25-Feb-2014Source: Airbus Helicopters
Business is growing for Liberty Helicopters, New York City’s premiere tour and charter company, and so is their all-Airbus Helicopters fleet. “Over the past 28 years, we have become the largest and most experienced sightseeing and executive charter operator in New York City,” said Chris Vellios, COO of Liberty Helicopters. “To keep pace with our... Read more
3-Jun-2013
Precautionary landing on golf course, less than a mile short of its destination at Republic Airport. Reportedly due to poor weather... Read more
2-Jun-2012
Helicopter landed on beach after encountering fog... Read more
28-Apr-2011Source: HHI Heliport
Liberty Helicopters, operator of the largest helicopter sightseeing and charter fleet in metropolitan New York, is moving to the new Helo Holdings Inc. (HHI) Heliport at Kearny, New Jersey, beginning today, April 26th. Liberty is bringing eight helicopters to the new facility as well as its corporate administration, accounting and maintenance functions. Chris Vellios, Chief... Read more
15-Sep-2010Source: New York Daily News
The Liberty Helicopter Tour aircraft, which took off for a 12 minute sightseeing trip around the Manhattan skyline, was supposed to stop climbing when it hit 1,000 feet, the NTSB reported... Read more
26-Mar-2010Source: Business Week
Liberty Helicopters Inc. is offering to fly weary commuters from New Jersey to Manhattan for about $200 a day, saving them 14 hours in traffic a week and signaling that Wall Street may have seen the worst of the recession.... Read more
10-Dec-2009Source: NorthJersey.com
Five wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against the pilot of a Piper fixed-wing aircraft that collided over the Hudson River with a helicopter carrying Italian tourists.... Read more
3-Oct-2009Source: Huffington Post
Pamela Altman sued tour company Liberty Helicopters, helicopter owner Meridian Consulting I Corp., manufacturer American Eurocopter and several of their insurers. Her suit charges that Liberty and Meridian have a “horrid history of accidents” and that American Eurocopter failed to equip the helicopter with sufficient safety equipment.... Read more
18-Sep-2009Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
he pilot of a small plane involved in an Aug. 8 midair collision over the Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but was not corrected by the controller, a federal safety official said yesterday.... Read more
25-Aug-2009Source: CharterX
“At the outset of the investigation, the organizations sign an agreement to abide by NTSB party rules,†says the NTSB in a press release issued this evening. “Among the rules parties agree to is that they will not reveal investigative information being learned through that process, nor publicly comment on it.â€... Read more
8-Aug-2009
8-Aug-09 N401LH Eurocopter AS350BA New York, US-New York... Read more
