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

[Gregg J. MacMillan]

   An interesting segment today on NPR about exactly what you suggest.

   --Gregg

   Day to Day, October 12, 2006 · Yankee pitcher and amateur pilot Cory
   Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Wednesday when Lidle
   crashed his small plane into a building in Manhattan. Mark Bittman,
   food writer for The New York Times -- himself an amateur pilot --
   talks with Alex Chadwick about what to watch out for when flying above
   Manhattan.

   http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6253717

   At 3:51 PM -0400 10/12/06, mputnam1 at aol.com wrote:

     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

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