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B A R R Y wrote:

Maule Driver wrote:

I'm wondering if the only thing that may keep the VFR corridor in place
is a desire on the part of ATC to keep all the sightseeing requests at bay.

You _can_ fly the corridor in the Bravo space with a clearance, and
enjoy positive separation, etc...

This is what I do most of the time. I only go down into the VFR exclusion
as a last resort if NY won't give me a clearance. It's amazing what ATC
will let you do if you know how to ask. Up one side of Manhattan, down the
other, cross right over Central Park, turns around the Empire State
Building, cross right over the top of LGA at 1000 ft, etc. Jumbo jets
passing 500 feet right below you -- now that's cool!

Why anybody would want to be down at 800 when they could be up at 1500 or
more, with positive separation, is beyond me. The view is better from up
there too.