Gary Drescher wrote:

"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...

He has overdrawn his good luck account for the next dozen years...


I think the default emergency landing site when flying low near NYC is the
Hudson River. If there happens to be a clear area on the ground, as there
was in this case, then that's even better (especially for the airplane). But
at worst, you just having to make a water landing (with a high likelihood of
prompt rescue).

It doesn't sound like this plane was close enough to the Hudson River to
think about landing there. Given the choice between that park and the
New York Bay/Raritan Bay, I would take the park too.

Of course if you're going to land in Brooklyn, Floyd Bennett Field
certainly might not be a bad choice, if the runways aren't full of model
airplane drivers, that is.