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March 17, 1960: The Civil Aeronautics Board modifies and renews New York Airways certificate for seven years. It enabled New York Airways to serve Danbury and New Haven, Conn. which previously had been beyond the certificated area. It also freed New York Airways from restriction to use of rotary winged aircraft.

November 30, 1960: New York Airways becomes the first helicopter airline in the world to accept operational use of multi-turbine powered helicopter for route evaluation purposes when a Boeing V-107 twin-turbine, 25 passenger helicopter landed at New York City's West 30th St. heliport following a dramatic 32 minute flight from a heliport in mid-Philadelphia. 

December 8, 1960: New York Airways inaugurates passenger, mail and cargo service in New York City's second heliport at Pier 6 on the East River, known as the Wall Street Heliport.

July 1, 1692: Boeing-Vertal 107 twenty-five passenger multiturbine powered helicopter introduced into service over New York Airways routes.

March 31, 1963: New York Airways' V-107 aircraft equipped with F. A. A. certified special gear necessary for the conduct of "flying crane" operations performed the first operation of this type airlifting thirty-two tons of air conditioning equipment on and off the roof of a large industrial plant on Long Island in a series of lifts some of which approached 7,000 lbs. each.

June 28, 1963: Record number of passengers, 1,450, carried on scheduled service in one day.

July 8, 1963: The tenth anniversary of New York Airways' scheduled passenger services. As of this date New York Airway has carried 986,813 passengers on scheduled flights.

July 24, 1963: One millionth passenger carried on New York Airways' scheduled service ten years and 16 days after commencement of passenger service.

November 18, 1963: New York Airways' Boeing Vertol V-107 becomes the first helicopter to fly revenue passengers to and from the Port of New York Authority's Transportation Building at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair.