Interests — 02

Aviation

For some reason, I like being up in the sky even more than wandering around down here. Though I also like being on the water. Maybe it’s just flat, stable ground I have a problem with.

My corner of aviation is general aviation. That's small, light aircraft. One way to enable this is being part of the Westchester Flying Club. The WFC owns and operates several aircraft include Piper Archers and Arrows, and also Beeachcraft Bonanzas. General Aviation opens up a whole lot of opprotunities for 'medicum-distane' adventures. But really, the joy of it is just being up in the sky.

Scott at the controls of a light aircraft in cruise
flight, wearing a headset, with the instrument panel
and a hazy horizon of clouds visible through the
windscreen. — At the controls of a Beechcraft Bonanza.

Light-aircraft cockpit in flight with the windscreen
completely white — solid cloud in instrument
meteorological conditions. — In the soup — flying in instrument meteorological conditions.

Deeper dives

More Aviation

Flying the Hudson River

A long-running local pilot’s guide to the famous sightseeing run past Manhattan — rules, radio work, risks, and how the locals do it. Updated for today’s SFRA procedures.

More deeper aviation pages will follow — general information, training and education resources, flight planning, and New York–area flying.