NY incident :-(

Peter Gottlieb wrote:

Was that his path? Did he come down the Hudson then turn left at the Harlem
river and decide to go down the east side of Manhattan?

Well. I *did* make an assumption there that he decided to shoot the corridor
before or shortly after he took off. That would be within sight of the Hudson
for the entire flight.

Rereading the article, it really isn't that clear. The article said he was coming
from the Poughkeepsie area, went through La Guardia airspace, and down the East
river. I suppose it's possible that he headed direct for Republic and decided to
detour down the East River after he got down close to LI Sound. That would bring
him through the class B near Spyten Dyvil. At that point, the class B goes to the
ground. That mistake would be much more understandable.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

Frankly, having lived, worked, and flown here for so long, I can't figure out
what he did . . . or why. This was at 1:30 in the afternoon (according to the
reports I saw), bright blue VFR sky. Maybe if it was at night I could see
"confusion".

George, why do you say this?

He'd left Sky Acres en route to Republic (where he was based) according to
news reports. A logical pilotage route is down the Hudson.

I wouldn't go that way unless I was *planning* a scenic run of Manhattan. If
so, he would have to be (at minimum) familiar enough with the basic geography
to know Hudson and East Rivers w/ Manhattan between them.
Something clearly doesn't add up to me. If he was on the Hudson southbound,
why turn toward LGA and get off the highway?

The news reports have taken a more ominous tone like "buzzing the Statue of
Liberty", etc . . . and I know why. It is very important to keep us afraid, so
we can continue to "terrorize" ourselves. Fox News has "Terror Alert: HIGH"
permanently on the screen 24/7 now. The whole thing is so ridiculous. I pray
we pilots aren't the only ones who recognize what our nation is rapidly
becoming . . . cowering, ignorant, poorly educated, self-absorbed, gullible,
simple-minded, platitude-spouting, sheeple.

I love the term "no-fly zones". Like suicidal Muhammad is gonna re-think his
plan because Mayor (fill-in the blank) got a "no fly zone" around his city.
Sure . . .

Geeze . . . :-(







www.Rosspilot.com

Rosspilot wrote:

George, why do you say this?

He'd left Sky Acres en route to Republic (where he was based) according to
news reports. A logical pilotage route is down the Hudson.

I didn't.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

George, why do you say this?

He'd left Sky Acres en route to Republic (where he was based) according
to
news reports. A logical pilotage route is down the Hudson.

I didn't.


Oops . . .sorry . . . question meant for Andrew, then . . .


www.Rosspilot.com

Rosspilot wrote:


George, why do you say this?

He'd left Sky Acres en route to Republic (where he was based)
according
to
news reports. A logical pilotage route is down the Hudson.

I didn't.


Oops . . .sorry . . . question meant for Andrew, then . . .

Right. I'd assumed that he'd decided to run the exclusion zone ahead of
time.

- Andrew