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New York Airways helicopter backing across Brodhead Creek at Stroudsburg, leading a telephone cable from the East Stroudsburg side after the August 1955 floods.

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Courtesy the Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania

New York Airways has also furnished other vital services, including participation in the Civil Defense, military and aeronautical research programs of the federal government. During the 1955 flood disasters your Company provided emergency relief operations in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. In addition to flying many rescue missions in devastated areas and providing isolated communities their only link with the outside world, the Company's helicopters flew many hours in the restoration of telephone, power and rail utilities. 

Advances in design and public acceptance are taking place so swiftly that progress of the helicopter toward economic self-sufficiency seems likely to be more rapid than in the older forms of transportation. More effective equipment with increased capacity, lower noise levels and greatly reduced maintenance costs is forecast for the not too distant future. Discussions are already taking place looking toward the acquisition by your Company of helicopters equipped with multiple turbines and a seating capacity of from twenty to twenty-five passengers, capable of cruising at about 125 miles per hour. Such equipment is expected to be available by 1960.

Sincere appreciation is extended to the Company's personnel, who, together, have made possible our accomplishments to date, and to our many stockholders for their constructive and helpful interest in our progress. 

By Order of The Board of Directors
Robert L. Cummings, Jr.
President

March 29, 1956

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[[image: helicopter leading a telephone cable]]