Aerial views of New York City taken from a helicopter with the doors off on a sunny spring morning in April 2010. The flight path started on the West side heading south down the Hudson River, and then around the southern tip of Manhattan and up the East River.

Aerial images of New York City from a helicopter charter flight on Thursday, August 2, 2012 with Awesome Flight, LLC. Special thanks to my "tripod", Keith Vitolo of Awesome Flight, LLC, and to all of my friends who made this possible with their generous gift last year.