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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

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Its maximum takeoff weight of 9,300 pounds and large cabin space made it suitable for cargo, passengers, or specialized equipment. The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. The Tower had no radar.

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Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route

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Being able to flying East River and truly circumnavigate the island of Manhattan is the main advantage of the Skyline Route procedure, the reduced chaos of being under positive control is another. Manhattan was his white whale and it was finally going to happen for him on July 21. answered New York Approach brightly.