DVA Posted July 14, 2016 Report Posted July 14, 2016 This is a time compressed (16 min) flight from our local airport in Allentown PA to Kennedy in NY; the flight is normally about 50 minutes give or take. I know a lot of pilots who are very apprehensive about flying into big airports and Bravo airspace. I can tell you that you have no worries as long as you plan ahead well, study the airspace, procedures, taxi diagrams and have all that ready at liftoff. This was a fairly busy day for approach control so there is a lot of good ATC, we also had an interesting final approach vector. We’re in a 1996 Mooney M20M Bravo. Most of the panel is identifiable, but you will see the Garmin AoA on the glare shield. Hope you enjoy it as much as we had fun flying it! 4 Quote
ArtVandelay Posted July 14, 2016 Report Posted July 14, 2016 Helps to have a good copilot and autopilot, I assume your son has his PP as well. Quote
DVA Posted July 14, 2016 Author Report Posted July 14, 2016 28 minutes ago, teejayevans said: Helps to have a good copilot and autopilot, I assume your son has his PP as well. You assumption that he is a pilot is correct, he’s not my son however. Quote
carusoam Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 Thanks for sharing the video. You made it look easy to fly IFR into NYC! Best regards, -a- Quote
flyboy0681 Posted July 15, 2016 Report Posted July 15, 2016 Listening to New York rapid fire takes me back to my yoot when I learned and flew around the area. How much did they soak you for landing and parking fees? Quote
MooneyBob Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 On July 14, 2016 at 2:54 PM, DVA said: This is a time compressed (16 min) flight from our local airport in Allentown PA to Kennedy in NY; the flight is normally about 50 minutes give or take. I know a lot of pilots who are very apprehensive about flying into big airports and Bravo airspace. I can tell you that you have no worries as long as you plan ahead well, study the airspace, procedures, taxi diagrams and have all that ready at liftoff. This was a fairly busy day for approach control so there is a lot of good ATC, we also had an interesting final approach vector. We’re in a 1996 Mooney M20M Bravo. Most of the panel is identifiable, but you will see the Garmin AoA on the glare shield. Hope you enjoy it as much as we had fun flying it! Sweet. I fly over JFK very often and never thought I could land there. Did you call tower or anybody prior? Any other concerns besides navigation and ATC com? Thanks. Quote
Jerry 5TJ Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 I landed at JFK in my "E" model around 1993. Landing fee was $60 (as I recall.). Landing was easy. The taxi to parking was a nightmare. Quote
flyboy0681 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Posted July 16, 2016 Judging by the overhead picture of JFK, it appears 13R was recently resurfaced or rebuilt. Quote
DVA Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Posted July 16, 2016 8 hours ago, flyboy0681 said: How much did they soak you for landing and parking fees? It was just over $70. It can be a lot more at certain high volume times. Quote
DVA Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Posted July 16, 2016 2 hours ago, MooneyBob said: Did you call tower or anybody prior? Any other concerns besides navigation and ATC com? Thanks. I filed even though the trip was VMC, first because it makes it much easier for ATC, and second because I normally always file as it keeps you sharp, it's safer, and we pay for those great controllers to help us. Plus, if they're busy, they will keep you out of the Bravo unless you're on an ifr flight plan. I think they turned away someone on the audio that you will hear. There are no concerns other than you have to be on the ball. it's great fun 2 Quote
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