GA Life near Manhattan

learn about possible
desitations (nice places to go for a day or a weekend).

Any leads, tips or general discussion of GA from people living in/around
Manhattan would be great!



Hi, Marty . . . welcome to New York :-)

I live in the NYC 'burbs . . . Rockland County. I keep my plane at 4N1
(Greenwood Lake, NJ) . . . but I spent 5 years at Caldwell, used to rent from
Lincoln Park, and did my IFR at MGJ (Orange County).

Been flying in this airspace a LONG time, and here are some great destinations
for day trips or weekends . . .
Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Montauk, Block Island, Cape Cod, Bar Harbor,
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Boston, Philadelphia . . .
If you will be renting, I recommend Lincoln Park Aviation at N
www.Rosspilot.com

Rosspilot wrote:


Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Montauk, Block Island, Cape Cod, Bar Harbor,
Atlantic City, Ocean City, Boston, Philadelphia . . .

To which Ocean City (NJ or MD) do you refer?

26N (Ocean City, NJ) is my favorite "walk on the beach" destination, with
the airport just four or five blocks from the beach. But it was only this
past weekend that I *finally* got there in "beach season".

I expected worse (ie. crowded beach, grass parking, busy pattern, etc.).
Nope. There's traffic there, but not in excess (okay, so there were four
of us in the pattern...I was the only non-ultralight {8^). Parking wasn't
a problem, and the beach looked nice.

Beach tags are required, so be warned.

Also, plan if you need a taxi. My wife and I walked the 1.5 miles to the
part of the boardwalk where food starts. We planned to cab back, but only
called when we needed it. Mistake! 20 minute wait? We walked back.

That's where I'd go for vacation. Rent a place between beach and airport.
Swim, fly, swim, fly...

Now if only I actually took vacations sigh.

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
Marco Rispoli wrote:

Yes, that's correct. It was the fixed gear 182. Beautiful machine. Quite
a
monster.

No...she's more of a kitten.

She's the final aircraft on which I checked out in the club, and it wasn't
all that long ago. The retract is quicker and more slippery...but 68N
*purrs*. I kid not. It must be the different engine.

- Andrew


Well I was coming from the C 172P they have at the school there ... so the
step up from the beat up ole' Skyhawks of the school to your 182 was quite a
shocker.

And in answer to what you said before, yes Shane is a GOOD man!

--
Marco Rispoli - NJ, USA / PP-ASEL
My on-line aviation community - http://www.thepilotlounge.com

Marco Rispoli wrote:


Well I was coming from the C 172P they have at the school there ... so the
step up from the beat up ole' Skyhawks of the school to your 182 was quite
a shocker.

Whereas I checked out in 68N after having completed a checkout (and complex
endorsement) in the retract. Laugh Perspective is everything, I suppose.

And in answer to what you said before, yes Shane is a GOOD man!

Meeting more people like Shane is definitely one of the PFC benefits.

- Andrew

To which Ocean City (NJ or MD) do you refer?

26N (Ocean City, NJ) is my favorite "walk on the beach" destination, with
the airport just four or five blocks from the beach.



That's the one my wife and I go to. We love it . . . short walk to the beach,
and the FBO has showers so you can clean the sand and salt from your bod before
climbing into the cokpit for the 1 hour flight home.
www.Rosspilot.com

"Jim Weir"
"Maule Driver"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:
-
-You can't surf and ski the same day on the right coast, but you can do
-business in midtown at noon and catch a native (stream bred) trout by
3:00 -
-or a striper - or rent a plane. Just takes a car.

You can catch a native stream bred stripper in New York? Oh, pardon me.
That's STRIPER. Sorry for the error.

{;-)

Hee Hee :-)

Jim Weir wrote:

You can catch a native stream bred stripper in New York?

Sure. Just takes the right bait. :-)

George Patterson
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.

Please consider Greenwood Lake Airport, 4N1, NE of Sparta, NJ.

Several C172 rentals, nice, small airport, but easy access.

This past week, I flew with my buddy in his C182 to do the
Hudson River tour... Tappan Zee Bridge to the Statue of Liberty
and back. FUN! Then, to Danbury... 4 resturants in EASY 4
block walking distance from Business Aviation FBO (SP?).

Then, we went out to Martha's Vineyard for lunch, landing on
the 4000' grass runway at Katama (SP?), and walked to
the beach. So, we were able to do safely what JFK Jr was
UNABLE to do... fly to Martha's Vineyard and "wash up
on the beach". :-)

In rec.aviation.misc Marty Ross wrote:
I'll be moving to Manhattan from Los Angeles (does it get any more extreme?)
next month.

Any advice or relevant anecdotes out there to help me gather some leads
about continuing my flying hobby from there? I've been renting (in L.A.) -
usually from the FBO where I did my training.
I'm IFR rated with about 300hrs., and am pretty OK with the (busy) L.A.
airspace and ATC. I haven't looked at a NY sectional yet.

I've just started to look at airports near to where I will be (using Airnav,
FS2004 and other web tools), and I found "Linden" (LDJ) and "Essex" (CDW).
In fact, there appears to be a flying club that has a presence at both of
those.

I guess my main concern is easy transportation to/from these (or any other)
airports I might use, as I will be giving up my car (I hear it's a luxury
*not* to have a car living in Manhattan), and to learn about possible
desitations (nice places to go for a day or a weekend).

Any leads, tips or general discussion of GA from people living in/around
Manhattan would be great!






Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

--
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CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://users.frii.com/jer/
C-206 N9513G, CFII Airplane&Glider, FAA-DEN Aviation Safety Counselor
CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 203 Young Eagles!

Please consider Greenwood Lake Airport, 4N1, NE of Sparta, NJ.


Yup. My home base.


www.Rosspilot.com

In rec.aviation.piloting Marty Ross wrote:
: I'll be moving to Manhattan from Los Angeles (does it get any more extreme?)
: next month.
:
: Any advice or relevant anecdotes out there to help me gather some leads
: about continuing my flying hobby from there? I've been renting (in L.A.) -
: usually from the FBO where I did my training.
: I'm IFR rated with about 300hrs., and am pretty OK with the (busy) L.A.
: airspace and ATC. I haven't looked at a NY sectional yet.
:
: I've just started to look at airports near to where I will be (using Airnav,
: FS2004 and other web tools), and I found "Linden" (LDJ) and "Essex" (CDW).
: In fact, there appears to be a flying club that has a presence at both of
: those.
:
: I guess my main concern is easy transportation to/from these (or any other)
: airports I might use, as I will be giving up my car (I hear it's a luxury
: *not* to have a car living in Manhattan), and to learn about possible
: desitations (nice places to go for a day or a weekend).
:
: Any leads, tips or general discussion of GA from people living in/around
: Manhattan would be great!
:
You'll find it's a pretty area to fly around in when you can find the
sky. Lots of overcast days. The GA airports on the NJ side of
Manhattan don't have (as far as I know) public transportation to/from
them. NJ has a fairly large number of GA airports, each of which has
its charms. Linden (LDJ) and Teterboro (TEB) are closest to the city,
but you might have to get a cab to get out there.

Good luck.
:
:
:

--
-- Mark

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