Visiting NYC

You could also take the train (Hudson Line) north from Grand Central
to White Plains, then take a cab from the train station to Westchester
Co. airport.

There's a flight school or two there that would take your money.
One is Panorama. You can reach them at www.flypfs.com.

Peter R. wrote:
Chris ) wrote:

I am flying in from London to spend a long weekend in NYC in
February.
I was wondering whether anyone could recommend anywhere where I can
get a
plane and instructor to me take up the Hudson and do the sights.

I don't want to have to travel too far out of the city if possible
as the
family do not want me hijacking the trip with flying.

There's at least one flight school at Teterboro airport, next to
Million
Air FBO, that I would suspect also provides scenic rides up the
Hudson.
KTEB is just over the river from NYC in New Jersey. Here's the
airport
page at Airnav, scroll down for the FBO numbers and call Million Air
first to see if they are the ones with the flight school:

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KTEB

For about US $ 7.00 per person, you could take the train from Penn
Station, connecting at the Hoboken, NJ, station and be there in about
45
minutes (from Penn).

Or, for $2.60 or so per person, you could take the NJ Transit #161
bus
out of Port Authority Bus Station and be at Teterboro in about 30
minutes (typical traffic assumed). Here's the bus schedule:

http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0161.pdf

In either case, you would have to contact the FBO about 15 minutes
out
to have them meet you at the bus or train stop. Million Air provided

this service for free when I traveled there over the summer, but I
would
tip the driver US $5 or so.

The next closest airport is probably White Plains/Westchester Cty.,
he

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KHPN

I would be very surprised if none of the flight schools there offered

this scenic trip, but I have never been there to confirm. To get to
this airport, you would need to take a train north out of Penn
Station,
but the trip is probably an hour one way to the train stop, then a 10

minute cab ride to the airport.

The scenic flight is incredible (I have done it in my own aircraft
four
times now) and you are wise to attempt this while you are in NYC.

Here are a few pictures I took during one of those flights back in
October, 2002:

http://home.twcny.rr.com/thericcs1/flights/nycvfr/

--
Peter

And if none of those work, there's always Islip (ISP) out on Long Island.
It's a bit more of a trip to get to than HPN but still in the range for a
1-day journey. I believe the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) which departs Penn
station in NYC has a stop that isn't too far away and you could get a cab to
the field. Or you could just rent a car for the day.

I'll put in my two cents for Panorama. I flew down there from Boston in my
172 and they took good care of us with nothing more than 20 gallons of
100LL. All the other places at HPN won't pay you the time of day unless
you're burning kerosene. Funniest thing though, I saw they put Denver boots
on all the jets- they said it's to make sure they pay for their fuel! As Liz
Smith used to say, "Only in New York, kids, only in New York..."

-cwk.

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You could also take the train (Hudson Line) north from Grand Central
to White Plains, then take a cab from the train station to Westchester
Co. airport.

There's a flight school or two there that would take your money.
One is Panorama. You can reach them at www.flypfs.com.

Peter R. wrote:
Chris ) wrote:

I am flying in from London to spend a long weekend in NYC in
February.
I was wondering whether anyone could recommend anywhere where I can
get a
plane and instructor to me take up the Hudson and do the sights.

I don't want to have to travel too far out of the city if possible
as the
family do not want me hijacking the trip with flying.

There's at least one flight school at Teterboro airport, next to
Million
Air FBO, that I would suspect also provides scenic rides up the
Hudson.
KTEB is just over the river from NYC in New Jersey. Here's the
airport
page at Airnav, scroll down for the FBO numbers and call Million Air
first to see if they are the ones with the flight school:

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KTEB

For about US $ 7.00 per person, you could take the train from Penn
Station, connecting at the Hoboken, NJ, station and be there in about
45
minutes (from Penn).

Or, for $2.60 or so per person, you could take the NJ Transit #161
bus
out of Port Authority Bus Station and be at Teterboro in about 30
minutes (typical traffic assumed). Here's the bus schedule:

http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/T0161.pdf

In either case, you would have to contact the FBO about 15 minutes
out
to have them meet you at the bus or train stop. Million Air provided

this service for free when I traveled there over the summer, but I
would
tip the driver US $5 or so.

The next closest airport is probably White Plains/Westchester Cty.,
he

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KHPN

I would be very surprised if none of the flight schools there offered

this scenic trip, but I have never been there to confirm. To get to
this airport, you would need to take a train north out of Penn
Station,
but the trip is probably an hour one way to the train stop, then a 10

minute cab ride to the airport.

The scenic flight is incredible (I have done it in my own aircraft
four
times now) and you are wise to attempt this while you are in NYC.

Here are a few pictures I took during one of those flights back in
October, 2002:

http://home.twcny.rr.com/thericcs1/flights/nycvfr/

--
Peter

Funniest thing though, I saw they put Denver boots
on all the jets- they said it's to make sure they pay for their fuel!
As Liz Smith used to say, "Only in New York, kids, only in New York..."


Think this is some silly security law in that area since 9-11 that
requires an aircraft to have double locks. No ignition key on a jet.
They do the same at HPN.