On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:28:52 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote:

Regarding my post - please don't read into my reflections that there was
anything wrong with my flight. Because of the way I've been flying
(generally IFR), I found a non-talking VFR a flight a bit strange.

Having said that, I've found NY ATC very accomodating when they can be.
I'd say that an over the top flight is fine, weather permitting. Give
it a full 1,000 ft clearance and talk to them. Good advice given by
Jose and others in my thread.

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Thanks Maule. I don't think I'm reading too much into your comments.
You did, however, reinforce in my mind the slightly unsettling feeling
that I get when I realize that I'm the traffic that ATC is warning
someone about. I can see how a VFR flight over the Bravo would be
condidered a nuisance by ATC, even though it is legal. I'd like to
talk to them, but I'm not too proud to admit that I'm a little
intimidated about talking to those rapid-fire New York controllers.
I've flown the VFR exclusion up the Hudson River before but I've never
communicatd with NY approach. That flight was all self-announcing.
Rich Russell