Parrots Fly Mooney Over NYC

[201er]

For you Mooniac parrotheads out there, here are my parrots flying a Mooney up and down the Hudson:

 

And if you like parrots or NYC, here is some sightseeing with the famous parrots (cool night flying shot at the end of the first one):

[201er]

[jetdriven]

So what does a parrot squawk on an IFR flight plan?

[robert7467]

What would you do if he tried to bite your ear off on short final?

[Marauder]

What would you do if he tried to bite your ear off on short final?

Or if he yelled "altitude, altitude"?

[yvesg]

Wife finds them cute 201er... soon, I will show you my beagles.. they can actually fly the plane.

Yves

[aviatoreb]

Very cute.

[PTK]

That's what you get when you cross a parrot with a homing pigeon?
A homing parrot. This the original ADF!
(Amazing Darwin's Finch!)

Hey Mike, can they navigate fowl weather!

Always wondered where that Mooney logo came from!

[PTK]

Del

[carusoam]

Do they fly around the cockpit? In IMC?

IRP- if the bird has a rating...

-a-

[Marauder]

I wonder if this is how Noah got started...

[PTK]

I wonder if this is how Noah got started...

In fact Marauder it is! They were Noah's Dodo Birds, or NDB's! These together with the Amazing Darwin's Finches, or ADF's as they're commonly known, are almost extinct.

But as we all know from basic high school biology, through adaptation and natural selection they have evolved into the modern day species, Galapagos Penguins of the Sky, aka GPS!

[robert7467]

I hope bird shit is not corrosive.

[fantom]

 

Are they members of the mile high club yet?

[Marauder]

Are they members of the mile high club yet?

If they are and they are both girls, 201er got some explaining to do!

[robert7467]

Do they help you with your Squak List?
 

[FloridaMan]

Not to derail your thread, but one thing I notice about the NYC airspace is the complete lack of GA aircraft matching proportionality anywhere close to what we have in FL. 

[201er]

Are you kidding me? I went during a non-busy time to shoot the parrot video but I've flown the Hudson corridor with a dozen other aircraft (mainly helicopters) in the same 5 mile stretch. I've had times when you could barely see the moving map on WingX cause the ADSB traffic was burying it. And the departure delays at Farmingdale and Tetereboro on a Friday night are insane. Friend said he was #30 for departure.

[aviatoreb]

Not to derail your thread, but one thing I notice about the NYC airspace is the complete lack of GA aircraft matching proportionality anywhere close to what we have in FL. 

 

I flew the Hudson corridor once 4 years ago with a friend in his 172.  It was quite an experience.  It was very very busy.  Yes mostly helicopters but not entirely. Be sure to brief at a local fbo or flight school on the unusual but necessary safety rules of that specific airspace before you attempt it.

[201er]

Don't bother trying to talk to someone about it. Take the FAA Safety course online and refer to the AOPA page about it. They won't lead you astray with nonsense like the locals. Take it from one   

 

https://www.faasafety.gov/gslac/ALC/course_content.aspx?cID=79

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/091117hudsonsfra.html

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/79/776/kneeboard.pdf

[thinwing]

the Bay tour for San Francisco and Lax vfr corridor come to mind.Also that 180 in the video had to be complete within the boundrys of the Hudson...isnt that what got that ball player and his cfi??

[201er]

the Bay tour for San Francisco and Lax vfr corridor come to mind.Also that 180 in the video had to be complete within the boundrys of the Hudson...isnt that what got that ball player and his cfi??

A He didn't know how to turn

B That was actually the east river which is even narrower

[FloridaMan]

Found this at random while surfing the web...

 

[201er]

She was featured on David Letterman a few years ago:

 

[ArtVandelay]

Are you kidding me? I went during a non-busy time to shoot the parrot video but I've flown the Hudson corridor with a dozen other aircraft (mainly helicopters) in the same 5 mile stretch. I've had times when you could barely see the moving map on WingX cause the ADSB traffic was burying it. And the departure delays at Farmingdale and Tetereboro on a Friday night are insane. Friend said he was #30 for departure.

I assume week days are less busy, and mornings would be the best time?

I think you said in a video that the local route is usually the most busy?

What about the transient route?

Do you have to worry about turbulence from the buildings?