Gotham 7.5K: A Rare High Altitude Night Flight Above NYC

Post by jonknee » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 3:30 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #95

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A couple HN posters contacted me by email, and here's some additional info I sent them in response to their questions specific to the Hudson River VFR corridor. FAA Safety course required to access the corridor: https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?cID=... Cockpit reference material: http://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/79/776/... Sun n Fun (conference) presentation: https://www.you…

Post by rexf » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 4:14 PM UTC

mlrtime wrote: post #2

I'm sure many would love to get high-res versions of these pics, any chance he'll make them available?

Post by ganeumann » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 5:49 PM UTC

sokoloff wrote: post #61

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NY ATC hates giving VFR clearance in the area. Too much jet traffic to deal with. If you can get a word in edgewise, they'll often let you out over NJ (watch out for the Teterboro jets!) but I never see anyone heading out over Manhattan. You need to be above 2000' to be legal because of the height of the buildings and then you're starting to get into the altitudes the jets are using on approach to JFK or LGA. Over th…

That's not been my experience. I can regularly get my choice of the Hudson at 2000 or lower with a clearance (1100-2000 requires a clearance in most places). At night, I prefer lower as the buildings are more impressive when you're below the top of them. On a nice summer day, the VFR corridor can be a zoo, so I'll sometimes take the clearance at 1500 just to stay in less congested airspace. If LGA is landing 13 or Ne…

Post by loveNanaya » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 6:18 PM UTC

thesagan wrote: post #62

HCIdivision17 wrote: post #22

The images truly are breathtaking. His note about the streets seeming like neurons is interesting, but I hope I'm not the only person who immediately thought the shots resembled an exaggerated extruded version of a chip's layered layout. (Here's sort of a small version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Cell-Proc... ) It's a bit odd: the scale of the city is not quite large enough to look like a mode…

Another breathtaking "circuit board" is Los Angeles -- at night. I immediately likened what I saw to a glowing circuit board without thinking twice. What a resemblance! Very computational. Flying in from the east, descending over Riverside and heading towards LAX, presents an absolutely astonishing view below. Lit up in orderly sequence are a vast range of square blocks, freeway arteries, commercial corridors, and in…

Post by drzaiusapelord » Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 8:03 PM UTC

HCIdivision17 wrote: post #22

The images truly are breathtaking. His note about the streets seeming like neurons is interesting, but I hope I'm not the only person who immediately thought the shots resembled an exaggerated extruded version of a chip's layered layout. (Here's sort of a small version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Cell-Proc... ) It's a bit odd: the scale of the city is not quite large enough to look like a mode…