October 2008
NYNY





Start at the Tappan Zee Bridge and get down to 1000 feet



Along the Hudson Palisades to the George Washington Bridge




The Big Apple - dead ahead




approaching mid-town, southbound at 1000 feet.




Going around "the lady" you have to be LESS than 500 feet.  I was around 400, not much higher than the torch it seemed




We were getting a better view than all those folks down there.




Where else on planet Earth could you do this on a whim, just cuz you felt like it?




There were a few helicopters in the area, but it wasn't a bee hive, thank God



One last loop, looking towards the Verrazano Narrows Bridge




Leaving Governor's Island, approaching the Battery, the oldest piece of Manhattan



That's Wall Street



Honest to God... I opened the window and yelled "OK you bastards!!
Get your shit together or I'm coming down there and give you something to cry about!!" 
It was my primal scream therapy. 
Found out later that moments after this, the market dropped 700 points.  I guess they just ignored me.



WTC Ground Zero just to the right of the building with the dome on top



Holland Tunnel ventilation shafts



NY, NY in my rear view mirror



Just like Rocky Balboa, the old Empire State Building is the champ once again...



Grand Central Station




The Intrepid... a great Maule emergency landing facilty



Of course, the terrain warning page did a COMPLETE wig-out:




Over (barely) the George Washington Bridge, northbound.  Central Park is where all those trees are



I flew on up the Hudson Valley to West Point



The fall colors are going crazy on some of the hills.  I'm loving it