"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
gonline.com...
One bit of puzzlement I've always had was whether the flight down the
Hudson
past Manhatten was considered over a congested area. It's not yellow, and
it's obviously over water. But with Jersey City on one side and Manhatten
on the other...?

Clearly the FAA doesn't consider the Hudson congested (despite Manhattan's
proximity), since they carved out an exclusion from the Class B to allow
pilots to fly up and down the river in Class E, even though there's no way
to stay 1000' above the GWB in the Class E. (Even the obligatory 500'
distance requires maneuvering to avoid passing directly over the bridge's
support towers.)

--Gary