NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Just noticed this while watching the PIX news at 5 that they had a guy named "Tom" ( I couldn't catch his last name) reporting from "air11". I don't even remember the last time they had air11 in operation and I'm pretty sure this was their own chopper and not a shared chopper. He was reporting on the united plane that hit turbulence, and returned to Newark. Is it me or is this the first time they've had air 11 since they've revamped their newscasts back in 2010? I don't know but if they permanently bring back air11 this gives them a birds eye view of breaking news like other stations, this way they don't have to use photos from other station choppers. I hope they use "air11" more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/nycs-wpix-wcbs-end-chopper-sharing-agreement_b45395 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nynewslover 269 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 I'm pretty sure it's that Tom guy that used to work for 1010wins or Shadow traffic that used to fill in on Ch4.. The camera quality really isn't great on the chopper but hey it's better than nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad 276 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Wow so Air 11 is back interesting. They haven't used that chopper in years so that's crazy. They are really trying to get up there in the ratings but it's gonna be a tough challenge especially nowadays with all of this technology available at ones disposal. And wow after reading that article that IceMan found on TV Spy I never thought it was that expensive to lease a chopper. Why not just buy it and maintain it? Also from what I recall, I remember WABC owning NewsCopter 7 and leasing the other one from MetroTraffic is this still happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabceyewitness 767 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Sounds like there's someone with at least half a brain at WPIX that's trying to rebuild the news department. Would love to see channel 11 become a serious contender in local news again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYNewsCoverage 257 Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Update: Air 11 is being used again on today's 5PM newscast. It seems only as if they use it on the 5PM. Also his full name sounded like "tom sgioer" or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagz 1 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 It's me. Tom Zweier. Been flying in Air 11 since April of 2012. Morning and afternoon drive. Split shift - all me. No set report times, just breaking news. But they've been using me a lot more of late. And yes, that was me on 1010 & channel 4. Hope I cleared it up a bit. -Thanks guys. -tz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 222 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Are WCBS and WNYW now the only stations sharing a chopper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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