A while back, when it was still fall/summer here in NYC, Douglas and Ali came up for a great weekend. While we did get mistaken for homeless people on night after several drinks, we also managed to do some other non-conventional ‘fun stuff’.

A definite highlight of their visit was when we rented a plane and Douglas flew over New York City. The flight path was out over eastern New Jersey onto the Hudson River north of the Bronx and then south on the Hudson to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. We then did a 180 around the lady and flew back north up the Hudson past the George Washington bridge and back to the airport in Jersey.

Here are some of the photo’s from the flight:

Starting out on the flight, Douglas at the controls and NYC skyline out the front of the plane:

Central Park, the reservoir:

My favorite shot, and my favorite buildings in NYC; The Empire State building taking its proud stance as NYC tallest building:

The footprint of the former World Trade Center:

Looks at the southern tip of Manhattan, our new office is in the white building in the bottom left of the picture:

Looking out the back of the plane, enjoy the smog (Calgarians - if you think our wonderful city it immune I wish I had my camera when I was driving back this October coming back from Banff):

Statue of Liberty face on, we were at 500 feet at this point:

Doing a turn around the lady’s skirt:

Neat little light house north of NYC on the Hudson: