Need Chopper Pictures
 

I'm going on a fun run with a bunch of friends this weekend. The organizor of the event would like to get some photos of the run. The run is Sunday so we need to do something quickly. It would be in the NY/NJ area.

Anyone know who to contact for chopper photos? Please email me or call

fungarten1 @ verizon.net
732 - 618-6750

Thanks in Advance!

Frank

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Making some calls now. I'll pass on your number.

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Get Sharkey a chopper.

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Where is this fun run to?

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Heres a chopper photo :drink: :drink:

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Sandy Hook to Port Jefferson

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I hope he knows the welder of that top tube!

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Thanks!

I wish they didn't wait till last minute but here we are....

Lucky, Poker Run is Saturday...come on up for the run on Sunday! :cool:

I'm game with Sharkey,,, need to find a chopper now.... :drink:

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Are you in for the Poker Run Saturday?

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unfortunately not, it was too much for us to do both. The run I'm going to is out of my marina, Barnegat is 1 hr away. :(

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Got the first quote... $2K + $1450 hr for the chopper :eek:

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:eek: wow call jeff @ freze frame he will help you he use to live there

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Anyone know where/how to rent a chopper? Spoke to a guy who will do the photography for the day...now we just need a chopper... :rolleyes:

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Call boatpix.com.To rent a copter is crazy dinero

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They heard I had JC motors and won't call back.. :eek: :mad:

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JC,

Isn't that the same company that kept sending OSO members bills for stuff they never ordered? :confused:

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Did you try these guys out of Linden Airport?
http://www.pegasusflight.com/

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I can get you guys great deals ob Choppers to match your boats!

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I think thats the Florida based company.We have a copter that flies around the bay every weekend and takes pics.They send you proofs in the mail.No one has had any bad issues with this deal.

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could be but... they did get a nice shot of me last year! :evilb:

rainm, thanks for the link I'll check it out. :cool:

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One more

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Ok Cool!

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Even if the chopper is $1400 and the photographer is $500, with 10 boats it's not that much. :cool:

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It's $1400 per hour for a turbine about $300 per for piston.
Helicopter flight services at Flying W Airport-609 265-0822
Nassau Helicopters Princeton Airport-609 924-7164
I can make some calls tomorrow if you still need somebody.
I would do it if I wasn't working.
My no. 609 744-3423

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Not going to get 10 boats for the run, I hope we do but I don't think it will happen. I have so many air shots from when John was alive anyway and the white chip is still a white chip. There is a guy from Allaire but he won't fly over the water in his little piston copter. If you get one from Princeton or south NJ you need to make sure he has the range to make it all the way to kings point and back. There are a few around the NYC area but expect to pay $700 an hour for them. The kid wanted a copter ride for his b-day, decided on the little cat instead.

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Got a guy who will do $1800 for the photography and $350 hr for a piston chopter. He thinks he'll need 2.5 hrs in the chopper ($875) for a total of $2865 w/tax. With a min. of 6 boats it would be $477 per boat. He would use a 16.7 mega pixel camera with a image stabilizer and gyro stabilizer on the camera and we own the images.

Another photographer will do it for $500 but without the fancy $12K camera, then we need to get the copter separately.

I guess it's up to all of us to decide but I need to let the guy know today.

Frank

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Thanks a lot for the info! I did my part, now we just need to make a decision. :rolleyes:

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That's 1/2 your gas budget, in 1 run you're going to blow your entire Aug budget. Did you also hear they want to raise $5k for Joey's Charity.

Count me out, don't need anymore pics of the gray chip :D

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We're not going to do it. :(

Try to do a guy a favor and eveyrone get's their panties in a jumble.... :rolleyes:

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Say "theoretically" there are two runs going on at the same time. Run A organizes it to have the helo out there taking photos. Run B comes through the area so helo starts taking pics of all the boats (knowing they are separate runs). What would be a fair price to pay for a photo if you were on Run B?

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1/3rd the cost? Depends how big run B is I would assume?

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What time are you guys leaving NJ on sun. I will try and meet up with you guys in Long Island Sound and run with you for a little while. Are you guys stopping anywhere before Port Jeff. Tom

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Hey Tom,
Plans are to leave Sandy Hook around 11am. If interested, I can have my bro get a hold of you in case they leave earlier or latter. It's aways a nice run. Unfortunately we won't make it this year. (But who know with us, our plans could change and make it anyway. :) )

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Tom, it's actually Port Washington not Port Jeff (Great Neck, Kings Point area). We should make it under the Throgs Neck say around....12-12:30??

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Looks like boatpix may be able to make it after all! :cool:

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Great not I am going to need to change the numbers on my boat to the same as your boat so they start charging your credit card without permission. :rolleyes:

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Are you going to LaMotta 's or Louie's for lunch? If so I'll meet you guy's over there . Tom

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Stop whining and get the boat ready to go! :cool: Geeze, the resin bucket has seen more ocean time this year than the chip has in the past 2 yrs. :eek: Looks like we have a new River Queen, hunster and Dee have the pics to prove! ;)

We're going to a party at a friends house back in the cove.

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Hey thanks for looking up the bolts. Called them will be here tomorrow.

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Besides bustin chops what are friends for! :cool:

You need metric bolts not standard right? :eek: :drink: