[Rhodes22-list] Cory Lidle's Plane ??? for Bill E

[john Belanger]

you can but its very busy and has quite a current.

Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:  
Was he going to go up the Harlem River then back to Teterboro? How was he
supposed to go back? Did he think he had a helicopter?

Can you sail down the Harlem River?

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
Addendum: 
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the
best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No
peer pressure." 



mputnam1 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
> 
> 
> -----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 Addendum - historical reference from Purdue about flying: 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 wrote: 
>>>> >>>> now thats sailing!! and i hope not, but i''ve heard planes are
>>>> more 
>>>>> expensive than sailboats!! 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Brad Haslett 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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