I can't claim I know the -real story- yet. Its just what I was told by Barry himself this morning. Its just more real than WSJ report.
Barry did take a in-person seminar about flying the corridor before he started flying the route. He asked many questions there about stuff just like this and trust me when that guy talks and asks questions, he won't let go till he understands, just like a typical New Yorker. My conversation this morning with for example lasted 1.5 hours. Ouch!! He has done the trip about 3 or 4 times now. Yesterday being the second one just this week.
Abid
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Chris Holub <chris.holub@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the update Abid. It's nice to get the real story from an inside
> source.
> Also I said Labor Day and obviously I mean Memorial Day but I guess you all
> figured that out anyway. :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:06 PM, apollonorthamerica <
> apollonorthamerica@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > He broke not a single reg.
> > The compliant from park police was that he flew within 150 feet of the
> > statue. The flight was all being recorded on video and FAA asked NYC police
> > helicopters to track the trike and they did. After seeing the video however,
> > they realized that he never flew even over the land on the island so the
> > park police was off by 1000's of feet. They apologized and let him go.
> > It was an aircraft built by us and a private pilot trained to fly WSC by
> > me. So this is the best info I have so far. It is however better than the
> > WSJ garbage about fixed wing Monsoon and FAA said there would be an
> > investigation. It was a S-LSA Monsoon 912S weight-shift-control aircraft and
> > the only investigation may be for the park police guy to get a better
> > prescription for his lenses.
> > Abid
> >
> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com <Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Chris" <chris.holub@> wrote:
> > >
> > > An ultralight aircraft flew within 150 feet of the Statue of Liberty
> > Monday morning prompting a police helicopter to escort the aircraft to the
> > Westchester County Airport.
> > >
> > > Police said Barry Maggio, 59 years old, of Hampden, Mass., buzzed the
> > Statue of Liberty in the fixed-wing, two-seat aircraft at 7:10 a.m. After
> > the U.S. Parks Police notified the Federal Aviation Administration, the New
> > York Police Department launched a chopper to intercept the flight.
> > >
> > > The police helicopter radioed Mr. Maggio as he neared the George
> > Washington Bridge, police said. It was unclear exactly how much time had
> > elapsed, but police said the call from the FAA was at 7:45 a.m.
> > >
> > > Mr. Maggio was questioned at Westchester Airport about the incident and
> > released, police said. A spokesman for the FAA said there would be an
> > investigation, but as of Monday afternoon no charges had been filed or fines
> > levied by the FAA or NYPD.
> > >
> > > "I haven't lived here in a while but I guess I didn't realize that
> > security was that tight," Mr. Maggio said in an interview. Security is
> > "obviously different in the city here, in Lower Manhattan, and I didn't take
> > that into account."
> > >
> > > Mr. Maggio, who grew up on Staten Island and returned to the East Coast
> > after 14 years in San Diego, said that while he flew low, he followed all
> > regulations and videotaped the three-hour flight starting with his takeoff
> > from Ellington, Conn., at sunrise. Mr. Maggio said that police viewed the
> > video, saw that "they weren't terrorism videos," and released him.
> > >
> > > The flight was in an Apollo Aircraft Inc. Monsoon, which has a
> > 100-horsepower engine and is steered by shifting weight, according to Mr.
> > Maggio. Police said that Mr. Maggio and the aircraft are licensed.
> > >
> > > "This morning was absolutely gorgeous," Mr. Maggio said. "It was dead
> > calm. The sun was up. It was bright."
> > >
> > > Still, he said he didn't take into account heightened security, including
> > that there might be extra concerns due to the Memorial Day weekend.
> > >
> > > "They just told me to follow them in," said Mr. Maggio about his radio
> > contact with the police helicopter. "It was a unique morning."
> > >
> > >
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703406604575278840181561192.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
> > >
> > > I don't know what would make anyone think that buzzing a national
> > monument and on top of that on Labor Day would be a good idea. I guess he is
> > lucky if they don't at the least fine him regardless of his intentions.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Chris
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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