[Rhodes22-list] Was Brad's Plane, Now Cory Lidle's Plan

[mputnam1 at aol.com]

I'm not a pilot (so I don't know the lingo), but from what I heard yesterday, when you fly up either the East River or the Hudson, small aircraft have to stay below 1100 feet and it's pretty much watch out for yourself ... even though La Guardia is right up the East River.  You pilots would know more about this than me, but such a low altitude seems crazy.  I guess it's to avoid jets from the three major airports, but they're giving small aircraft pilots no room for error.  When you factor in the heights of the buildings, you've only got a few hundred feet of maneuvering room.
 
- Mark
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: bill at effros.com
To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
Sent: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Brad's Plane?


Rik, 
 
I've sailed down the East River and had a seaplane jump right out in front of me and land on the water--unsuspecting would be an understatement. Who's got the right of way? (I believe in yesterday's incident the building had the right of way.) 
 
Bill Effros 
 
Rik Sandberg wrote: 
> Brad, 
> 
> Boy ...... I hope you can avoid those 50 story apartment buildings. > Darn things must jump right out in front of unsuspecting pilots. :-) > I'm sure you'll want to be extra careful of this. 
> 
> Rik 
> 
> Tootle wrote: 
>> Brad: 
>> 
>> You are familiar with sailboats that often an new moldel is >> generated 
>> from an old one. Isn't the current version of the model you bought >> called a 
>> Cirrus SR-20? Not planning anything we should be concerned about are >> you? What is your boss going to say when he schedules you for a >> 11 flight 
>> and you already have two hours on the books? Did you consider a old >> Cessna 
>> Skymaster? 
>> 
>> Ed K 
>> Greenville, SC, USA 
>> Addendum - historical reference from Purdue about flying: 
>> http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~groth/HTML/highflit.html 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Brad Haslett-2 wrote: 
>> >>> John, 
>>> 
>>> The initial cost is not that bad, it's all the downstream expense that 
>>> hurts. Unlike sailing though, the liquor costs are zero. I need to >>> clean 
>>> the rust off my Airframe&Powerplant mechanic certificate that hasn't >>> been 
>>> used in thirty years to save some dough on minor routine >>> maintenance. When 
>>> the Mississippi Coast gets some docks rebuilt I'd like to move my boat 
>>> there 
>>> and put a Rhodes 22 in my current slip inland. That may be awhile, 
>>> right 
>>> now I'm too sore to sail from the beating my wife gave me over buying a 
>>> plane! 
>>> 
>>> Brad 
>>> 
>>> On 10/12/06, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote: 
>>> >>>> now thats sailing!! and i hope not, but i''ve heard planes are more 
>>>> expensive than sailboats!! 
>>>> 
>>>> Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote: Well, despite all the >>>> preaching 
>>>> about reducing hydrocarbon consumption, I 
>>>> did something yesterday afternoon before leaving for Orlando that is 
>>>> definitely not in line with conservation. I bought an old Beechcraft 
>>>> Bonanza. It moves at 150 knots but only gets about 15MPG, about the >>>> same 
>>>> as 
>>>> the old conversion van I use as ghetto cruiser/pickup-truck/tow >>>> vehicle. 
>>>> The Bonanza should make the Memphis-Gulfport trip in two hours >>>> versus the 
>>>> six and half it now takes driving. I can fly on the pax airlines >>>> for free 
>>>> provided I don't object to the parking fees, the 30 minute trip from 
>>>> parking 
>>>> to the terminal, the full body cavity search, the "you're not fat but 
>>>> your 
>>>> ass won't fit in a Barbie jet seat", the connection in Atlanta, the 
>>>> "somebody forgot to show at the gate to park the airplane delay" on 
>>>> arrival, 
>>>> etc., etc. And they call it a service industry. Anyway, the Bonanza 
>>>> should 
>>>> be fun, if not expensive. 
>>>> 
>>>> Brad 
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