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Wow... very tragic accident indeed. I would speculate based on the FA data that, if this were a training flight, they were starting off by climbing to a safe maneuvering altitude, and proceeded into a power-off stall. You can even see right before - two 90 degree clearing turns. That area of NW...

ATC audio - https://forums.liveatc.net/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=15637.0;attach=10546 I do not like the fact that the controller told the pilot that he would have to stop all Newark arrivals if he did not cancel in the air.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N959MJ/history/20191029/1230Z/KJYO/KLDJ/tracklog Weather is low viz / low clouds here today. Not sure how accurate the log here is, but it looks like this guy did some scud running trying to get into KLDJ. 300 feet below minimums.

It would be good to hear from an actual TRACON controller on a question I've had which, I admit, may be FUD, so buyer beware. Do flights that are VFR-on-a-code get handled, operationally speaking, the same as IFR flights, when operating inside the outer ring of one of these TFRs? i.e., outside...

It was definitely SWAP - I was flying out of my Class D last night and heard a note about the SWAP on the ATIS around 8pm. A quick look at Foreflight showed the front about 100 miles to the west - definitely enough to cause a jam up at EWR for any flight heading west.

Also... I find it interesting that a well maintained 2000-era 22 can go for less than a 2004-era 172SP. (steam gauges in both, but still... much higher performance at a lower price point).

I flew in a 22 about 3 years ago. First "upgraded" plane since I learned to fly back in 2003, and all my time has been in 172s / 172SPs. I had much the same experience as OP - the jump from the 172 to a 22 is like going from a VW Jetta to a Ferrari. The acceleration is awe inspiring, and it is...

A group of us went on a tour of the NY TRACON last summer - had a very similar tour itinerary (briefing / video showing traffic patterns first), then a tour of the control floor. Got to see the various sectors for EWR, JFK, LGA, and the satellite airports, as well as the central desk where the...

I've only ever asked once, and it was at the end of the flight after most of the pax had de-planed. Captain turned on the panel for me so I could get some nice shots with my dSLR.

A Hot Pocket (tm) without any filling?

1450 could easily have been rounded up to 1500. Around here (NYC Class B), I've heard from the Tracon guys directly that they much prefer to see VFR traffic that they're not talking to at least 500 feet below the shelves. Makes sense from a "live to fly another day" perspective.

I've flown NJ to SC via Cape May -> Rehoboth, then following the Cheaspeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel. Out of gliding range for a couple minutes usually on the first leg, but the second am always within range of the bridge. I do get nervous being that far out over water, but the reality is that the...

... go by air. This familiar phrase in the general aviation community might be getting more and more applicable to commercial aviation. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/07/business/storms-delta-cancellations/index.html After a one day series of thunderstorms, Delta airlines has still not managed to...

Unless there are CBs around, I don't see why it matters if you can see the clouds or not... you're flying on instruments at that point anyway. As for at night vs day, I used to fly IMC at night for practice, solo, and I would shy away from it now if presented with the opportunity. One thing I...

Wonder what he was doing before? Taking off from Linden? Shooting the Hudson River Corridor? Not too many reasons to be over that particular area with the EWR B going down to the surface.

"Field in sight" in the NY Bravo isn't always a guaranteed hand-off to tower. I tried that after I realized I was being vectored the very long way around to enter the pattern. Approach controller said it'd be another couple minutes before the hand-off. Oh well.

AOPA has a larger depiction - https://contentsharing.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?message_id=13667719&user_id=AOPA_4&group_id=3791779&jobid=35656439 But yeah, not unexpected regardless of the outcome yesterday. And as far as I can tell, this shuts down the corridor completely to transient...

Who said it happened prior to V1? "The plane had started to take off around 2:35 p.m. on Runway 28R, according to the FAA. Passengers said the plane was just lifting off when it slammed back to the tarmac."

Absolutely! Time to sit around... and read the classifieds... for airplanes. :D

Heard that this was attempt #3. Crash scene witness says that it looked like a classic stall / spin. One wing caught the ground, cartwheeled onto the other.