tc1234c
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Two days ago we went to NYC for our younger son's graduation from Parson School. Friday morning before we departed the area we made another Hudson River tour. This time with a Drift HD170 camera on the left wing tip.
We have done Hudson River tours several times. In the past we flew the SFRA Class B exclusions. That means flying VFR below 1,300'. After seeing our residential NYC expert - Vlad, routinely fly over Newark Liberty International we decided to follow suit. I figured that he must flew the NY Heli routes. An email to him confirmed my suspicion.
https://picasaweb.google.com/107646684575855201411/5182012NYCTrip?authuser=0&feat=directlink
We departed Linden (left Darren S's RV-7 there) and called Newark Tower (actually approach control) on 127.85 for a clearance for Linden, Newark, and East River routes (Heli chart). We were cleared to cross south of runway 14 at Newark Liberty International at 1,400' and Hudson River at 2,000'. East river clearance was denied due to the amount of traffic (this is Friday morning). Upon reaching Hudson we switched to 126.05 to talk to LaGuardia tower. We requested and were cleared to make a turn around at GW Bridge. Around Holland tunnel we were cleared to descend to 1,400' and direct Statue of Liberty, then, Verrazano Bridge. ATC called a lot of traffic, airliners at Liberty and LaGuardia and helicopters along the river. We were referred to as "Bananza 3 Lima Foxtrot" probably due to our speed. When I realized that I throttled back to 50% power and still doing 110 kts (should have flew slower to enjoy longer). Below is a link to a 20 min raw video of our tour.
http://youtu.be/Jk_vNHpBp74?hd=1
I have ADS-B display on GRT EFIS. As soon as I entered Hudson River I no longer receive any traffic. Traffic reappears after I passed Statue of Liberty. It puzzling to me as what was the reason.
We have done Hudson River tours several times. In the past we flew the SFRA Class B exclusions. That means flying VFR below 1,300'. After seeing our residential NYC expert - Vlad, routinely fly over Newark Liberty International we decided to follow suit. I figured that he must flew the NY Heli routes. An email to him confirmed my suspicion.
https://picasaweb.google.com/107646684575855201411/5182012NYCTrip?authuser=0&feat=directlink
We departed Linden (left Darren S's RV-7 there) and called Newark Tower (actually approach control) on 127.85 for a clearance for Linden, Newark, and East River routes (Heli chart). We were cleared to cross south of runway 14 at Newark Liberty International at 1,400' and Hudson River at 2,000'. East river clearance was denied due to the amount of traffic (this is Friday morning). Upon reaching Hudson we switched to 126.05 to talk to LaGuardia tower. We requested and were cleared to make a turn around at GW Bridge. Around Holland tunnel we were cleared to descend to 1,400' and direct Statue of Liberty, then, Verrazano Bridge. ATC called a lot of traffic, airliners at Liberty and LaGuardia and helicopters along the river. We were referred to as "Bananza 3 Lima Foxtrot" probably due to our speed. When I realized that I throttled back to 50% power and still doing 110 kts (should have flew slower to enjoy longer). Below is a link to a 20 min raw video of our tour.
http://youtu.be/Jk_vNHpBp74?hd=1
I have ADS-B display on GRT EFIS. As soon as I entered Hudson River I no longer receive any traffic. Traffic reappears after I passed Statue of Liberty. It puzzling to me as what was the reason.
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