New business offers cheaper copter rides
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By Ken Valenti
The Journal News
What a difference a door makes, especially when you’re looking down on the George Washington Bridge, suspended under a spinning rotor.
Or when you’re 1,000 feet above Chinatown, making a pass over the Brooklyn Bridge or sitting eye-to-eye with the top of the Empire State Building.
Then, a door on the small helicopter just might add that sense of security you want.
Don’t worry. If you should decide to hire Keith Vitolo and his 2006 Robinson R-44 Raven II, flying out of Westchester County Airport, he usually keeps the doors on. The space even feels larger then, he said, because the windows bubble out.
But if you’re feeling adventurous, he can take them off. When I flew last week, he removed them for the benefit of the photographer who came with me. Read the rest of this entry »
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