Who knows what really happened but one scenario could be that he was already
well on his way down the East River before they were able to contact him on
one of the common frequencies (123.075 or 123.05 for East and Hudson
respectively). When they did contact him, they may have only informed him of
the airspace incursion and not told him he was in deep doo doo. A reply of,
"Roger, I'm enroute back to FRG" would seem reasonable. Since he was already
heading south and not thinking he was in trouble, he may have just done what
he intended to do and circle the Lady. According to the various articles, he
was not intercepted until the Verrazano Bridge so he may have thought the
call was just a slap on the wrist until then.

Keep in mind, this is TOTAL speculation on my part.

I agree with you on the newsmedia sensationalism affecting GA. That's part
of the reason why people join AOPA isn't it?

Marco


"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
Rosspilot wrote:

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14692.htm


Oddly, I'd no problems in the same neighborhood just a few hours later:

http://www.gideon.org/andrew/PhotoAl...ying/Hudson/3/

This was down the Hudson at 1500, left turn over Midtown, right turn down
the East River, around Battery Park and then back up the Hudson. I didn't
even know about this incursion into the class B until I read the USENET
post to which I'm replying.

But the statements like "a dangerous gap in the city's terror-fighting
capability" and "the issue of flying near major landmarks should be
revisited" have me quite concerned that I won't be able to make this trip
much longer.

Can someone explain why this fellow, after telling ATC he was heading for
Republic, decided to circle the Statue? Did he at least tell them of his
intentions?

- Andrew




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