We wanted to share our experience on our flight through New York City to Linden, NJ (LDJ). It was a warm summers evening and the winds were calm…okay, seriously. Our first task was flight planning. We utilized the TAC and Helicopter Route Chart as well as a great deal of information from students experiences who had already made the trip. They have well documented accounts of their trips including routes, frequencies, waypoints, pictures, fuel stops, and even the FBO with massage chairs! We also spoke with a Northeast graduate at Liberty Tours for local destination information. We finalized our own plan and departed 7B9 at approx 18:00.

Enroute to Bridgeport for our fuel stop, we flew directly over Sikorsky. After fueling at Bridgeport, we continued westbound to Westchester and transitioned directly over the field via the helicopter routes. We then proceeded to the Tappan Zee bridge and started southbound along the Hudson below 1100′.

We continued southbound along the Hudson west side making position reports all the way to ‘The Lady’.

After orbiting several times, we then requested transition through EWR class B via the Newark - Linden helicopter routes for landing at Linden. Upon landing at Linden, we met up with a former Northeast instructor now flying for Liberty Tours.

Looking back on the flight, it was an excellent choice for my two hour day and two hour night dual instruction requirement. It was by far the best real-world flying I have done to date.

-K.R.

Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Rhonda
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