plane took off from teterboro airport about 7 miles west of manhattan.
mayday called.
eyewitness 2 floors up, saw pilot in plane
plane of 34yr old pitcher Cory Litelle of ny yankees and was taking off today
he got license last year
187K$ cirrus sr20 built in 2002 with 400 hrs airtime.
probably had plane-parachute. standard on this plane.
Ceiling here was 1800ft. Don't you need 1000 ft above you !!?
Reporting collision avoidance manouver.
1 sole on board
I've flown into Terterboro and flew VFR along Hudson river at 1000 ft without communicating with ATC (legal prior to 9-11) from north of manhattan to atlantic ocean.
Last edited by aardvark2zz; 11th Oct 2006 at 20:57.