Flying Cessna 172 Down Hudson Sightseeing New York City From the Air

We took of from Sussex Airport (FWN) at near gross weight in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk and headed east toward the Hudson. No sooner did we reach cruising altitude that it was time to start descending again to duck beneath the Newark class B airspace. We made a 90 degree right turn onto the Hudson and proceeded over the George Washington Bridge southbound at 1,000 feet on the Jersey side.

We continued southbound past Jersey City and the Statue of Liberty. Then we made a turn to the left and crossed the Hudson toward Brooklyn. We flew south over Brooklyn to see the area we live in and then proceeded around Coney Island and around Brooklyn one more time. Then we crossed over the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and headed northbound on the Hudson.

After crossing over Governor's Island we continued up the Hudson on the Manhattan side passing the financial district and ground zero. Soon Chelsea Piers and the Empire State Building dominated the view. Beyond that we could see Times Square and Central Park. Further north we saw Yankees Stadium and the Throgs Neck Bridge. Once far enough to the north we climbed and turned westbound to head directly to Lincoln Park airport where we had lunch. We returned to Sussex via Sparta VOR from Lincoln Park.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Cessna 172
• Skyhawk
• New York
• New York City
• Sightseeing
• Flight
• Fly
• Flying
• Takeoff
• Landing
• Land
• Sussex
• Lincoln Park
• New Jersey
• Verrazano Brige
• Empire State Building
• Brooklyn
• Staten Island
• Jersey City
• Manhatten
• Bronx
• Daytime
• Skyline

[wero8a1]

How much did you paid for this flight? or it was a private??

Greetings and thanks for share this

[SoarBird134]

@wero8a1 Just rental cost for the plane.

[ka1rtw]

Thanks for a look at "the city". Got my ticket in 2002 and live in Maine. Have always wanted to fly that corridor, but don't care much for flying anywhere near that tightly controlled airspace.

[SoarBird134]

@ka1rtw Not as tightly controlled as you might think. I could do all my VFR flying without even talking to anyone if I want to. But I usually am. It's very rare that I am denied radar services or have any trouble.

[210482fmj]

I would like to one day do flying traing. The most daunting parts of flying training from what i have researched seems to be spins and recovery training.

[SoarBird134]

@210482fmj Not really. You don't even have to do spins for private pilot training. Just straight ahead and turning stalls (with and without power).

[SoarBird134]

@notanfningain Simulator will never replace the thrill of doing it for real

[leonzav]

@superfsxtutorials it was a really thin runway, he wasnt high. thin runways always give the illusion that you are high when in reality you arent

[leonzav]

@Baldorad its not a dumb question, you dont need to be approved to fly there byt some special permit. like, soarbird134 said, you can fly there with out talking to any radar service stations or approach controls, but to be safe you should. all you need to do is contact one of the approach frequencies or one of the towers ( depending where youre coming from) and you should be on your way flying next to the buildings

[aviationplanet]

Good video!

[XxM141oSPTNxX]

You can see my house when flying over coney island :D

[superfsxtutorials]

To be honest, you were a little high on your approach.

[Depdawg09]

Very nice.