New England Coast - Northbound – Part 1

We begin with a flight around Manhattan and then proceed to crisscross Long Island Sound visiting airports in Long Island, Connecticut, and Rhode Island  before finishing at Nantucket.   We will depart from the business jet hub of Teterboro (KTEB), climb to 700 feet, and fly to the Hudson River, then follow it down to New York Harbor while enjoying views of the skyline of Manhattan. Reaching the Statue of Liberty we will reverse direction and head back across the Inner Harbor to the Brooklyn Bridge and then follow the East River up to Harlem and then on to our first landing at Westchester County (KHPN).  Working our way up Long Island Sound we will visit

•          KFRG - Republic
•          KBDR - Bridgeport Sikorsky Memorial
•          KHVN -Tweed-New Haven
•          KHTO - East Hampton
•          KGON - Groton-New London
•          KUUU - Newport State
•          KMVY - Martha's Vineyard
•          KACK - Nantucket Memorial

Flightplan: HERE

Aircraft

The route is 288nm and an aircraft capable of 150knts cruise speed will work.  I will fly the Cessna 208 Caravan which offers excellent visibility for the sightseeing around Manhattan.

Scenery Recommendations

Optional Payware

•          Dreamflight - KTEB Teterboro  (Excellent rendition of this NYC business jet hub)
•          SamScene 3D New York City Times  (Significant Improvement in Manhattan and better bridges than the default photogrammetry)
•          KHVN Tweed New Haven Airport  (Orbx Rendition – nice but not really necessary)

Freeware

•           ProFlight - KMVY - Martha's Vineyard
•          Global AI Ship Traffic MSFS V2  (Activate it if you want to see Staten Island Ferry)
•          Also if you have the freeware Fall Season Mod you may want to activate it.

Recommend Departure time of 2:00PM local

 Particulars:

•             Date and time: Saturday November 6, 19:00 UTC
•             Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel
•             Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com
•             MFS Multiplayer: US Eastcoast Server

If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked here). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

 

By Heck. Samscene New York puts a heavy load on my rig. Hope to be back from work in time for this.

 

Another addon that adds some nice bridges..

https://flightsim.to/file/1892/klga-laguardia-airport-nyc-bridge-improvement

 

Great suggestion, Bert. Some have reported that the KLGA&Bridges addon clashes with the SamScene NYC scenery. But a quick test confirms that the two pieces do seem to work in tandem. A little pause at the start, but fine thereafter. Bry, the SamScene NYC is a challenge for my older computer. But gosh, it is terrific to see crisp versions of all the great buildings – as Jeff suggests.

BTW. For those who don't want the SamScene package, you might look at Ed Patino's New York City Landmarks. This freeware offers sharp renderings of many of NYC's buildings. (The casual comments on the forums are pretty positive. The color matching gets mentions but most people find it an attractive option.) If you give it a try, you might let us all know what you think.