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after playing for quite a while with the Flight Simulator, my friends
Gerold & Stefan introduced me to the real thing.
What
could be nicer than flying along Manhattan, what is more challenging than
learning to fly in one of the busiest airspaces worldwide: New York?
So here
are some links to the real flights of my friends Stefan, Rainer and me:
Videos:
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| Stefan landing
in Connecticut (watch the eyebrow!) 11/02 |
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| Rainer's Night
Landing FRG 11/02 |
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My first
landings in Morristown, NJ (January, 19th 2003):
Rainer was courageous enough to sit in the back and to tape them.
Very amusing, especially the rough landing #2! To see the videos
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| Landing
Morristown, NJ #1 01/19/03 |
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| #2
(quite rough) 01/19/03 |
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| #3
01/19/03 |
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| Landing back
in Teterboro, NJ 01/19/03 |
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| Landing in Caldwell,
NJ 02/08/03 |
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Stefan joined
us with a Piper Warrior in the Bahamas!
The trip took him three and a half days from New York. Rainer, Uschi
and I made a trip around 'the Kays' and flew to Norman's Kay. Very
little Island, a short and relatively narrow runway but extremely
beautiful! See also at the Picture section! |
| Arrival Stefan
on April, 15th in North Eleuthera, Bahamas |
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| Flying along
the East Shore of Harbor Island 04/16/03 |
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| Landing in Norman's
Kay, April,16th 2003 |
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| Flying along
Harbor Island, Hanne and Petra waving on the beach! 04/16/03 |
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| Landing back
in North Eleuthera 04/16/03 |
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And
then there was the day: May, 18th 2003: My first cross
country flight from Teterboro, New Jersey to Sullivan
County International in Upstate New York!
My friends Rainer, Stefan and Miriam surprised me there and took
these shots: |
| The first call
on the radio approaching the airport |
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| The last call
before landing |
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| The landing |
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| Exiting the plane |
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June,
2nd 2003: Returning to Teterboro, New Jersey from my
night cross country flight |
| Teterboro Tower
giving squawk code... |
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| Landing on runway
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After
my check ride for the Private Pilot License on July, 8th 2003 here
is my 'Maiden Flight' with Petra as my
first passenger and the third flight with Stefan (©
Rainer Fehringer): |
| First Flight
with Petra entering the East River in Brooklyn |
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| Flight with Stefan,
also entering the East River over Brooklyn |
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...and finally
to set it into the right proportion, an example what can happen
even to the 'big
boys':
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| A Portuguese
Airbus struggling with gusty crosswinds |
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Real version |
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| Rainer exercising
his other Flying Sport: Kite Surfing in
Harbor Island: |
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Pictures:
A Check
out flight with a C182. (a complex plane with constant speed propeller,
230 HP engine) along the Hudson River.
I learned
at "Air Fleet Training", a Flight School in Teterboro, New Jersey.
This is very convenient, because it is only a half hour bus ride from
the center of Manhattan. Here is a little
story about the trip I have to take to get there.
And here are some
pictures from a very cold Saturday in January 03: The Hudson River and
Manhattan:
Manhattan on the left
side
The 'Lady'
Manhattan at 16th street looking north
South tip of Manhattan (close to Ground Zero).
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