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1/7/06
Hudson River Tour
We finally
did a Hudson River Tour where we got some good pictures.
The first time I did the tour was on my night cross country
when I was doing my private pilot training. We flew from
Allentown (ABE) to the Verrazano Bridge, up to the Tappan
Zee bridge, and over to Westchester (HPN). We landed
at HPN
and reversed
the run back down the Hudson and back to ABE (ABE). The
second time we did the tour was with my folks in their
Comanche 250 and it was also at night. It is almost impossible
to get good pictures at night because they come
out blurry. The third time I flew it was with my folks
in one of the LVFC Archers but we really didn't get any
good pictures. We
really
got
some
great
pictures on this trip.
This route was the same as I described above, but we
turned around at the Tappan Zee bridge. This
is be beauty of general avation in this country...and
no user fees! Lets all fight to keep it that way. Enjoy!
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HRT
1-7-06 - This is a picture of Jennifer (right)
and Carolyn (left) with the Archer we took on the trip.
This is our flying club hangar. As you can see it was
a cool day. I asked for flight following from ABE clearance
delivery and they gave us a handoff to New York Center.
We stayed with ATC the entire tour so we could to at
1500 feet for a better view. We also talked to Newark
and Laguardia Towers.
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HRT
1-7-06 -
A nice picture of the Verrazano bridge. We are about
to hang a left over the bridge.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Just
about to go over the bridge. You can see the city
off in the distance.
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HRT
1-7-06 - This
shot shows Manhattan on the left, the East River
in the middle, and Brooklyn on the right.
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HRT
1-7-06 - A
shot of Lady Liberty coming up on our left hand side.
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HRT
1-7-06 - A
good shot of Lady Liberty. That is the Federal Republic
of New Jersey behind her.
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HRT
1-7-06
- Here is a closer shot of Manhattan on the
left and the East River on the right.
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HRT
1-7-06 -
Looking right down on Manhattan and the Financial District.
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HRT
1-7-06
- Another good shot of Manhattan.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Here
is a good shot of the whole city. It was a great
day for flying the tour!
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HRT
1-7-06 - A
good shot of the city and the Empire State Building.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Another
good shot of the city.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Close
up on the Empire State Building.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Here
is a good shot of Central Park. It is much bigger
than you realize when you see it from the air.
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HRT
1-7-06 - A
shot out the front window of the George Washington
Bridge.
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HRT
1-7-06 - A
shot of Yankee Stadium and the Bronx.
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HRT
1-7-06 - We
were flying into the sun when we went south back
down the river so the pics didn't come out so good.
Once we came back over the George Washington Bridge
they handed us back off to Newark Tower and they
told us to take a hard right over the Statue of Liberty
and come right over the top of the Newark airport
at 1500 feet. The Newark Control Tower guys are great!
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HRT
1-7-06 - Closeup
of the Statue.
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HRT
1-7-06 - Here
is a great shot of the City as we are headed over
Newark. That is Ellis Island in the middle of the
water.
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HRT
1-7-06 - That
is Newark off to the right in this photo.
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HRT
1-7-06
- This is a shot of Bill and Carolyn. They
are both former BASF'ers and met and got married while
working at BASF. Same story for Jennifer and me. Bill
and Carolyn took most of the pictuers...nice job guys!
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HRT
1-7-06
- On final for RWY 24 at ABE. We are home.
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