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Everyone has at least five stories about how crappy the area airports can be - either with delayed flights or the trips to and from the airports. Which is why Mayor Bloomberg's freestyling about seaplanes is so interesting. During his radio show, Mayor Bloomberg floated (go ahead, groan) the idea of taking advantage of the water that surrounds the cities and using having big seaplanes land there. "You could land out away from everybody then taxi in. There's no environmental issues to speak of," our billionaire mayor said. Now we're imaging Mayor Bloomberg in a new version of Fantasy Island - "Dee plane! Dee plane!"
The Seaplane Pilots Association field director Bob Tebbult told the Daily News, "It's a tremendous idea. It's not something for the masses, but time is money, and for those who have the money and are willing to pay for the convenience, it's a very viable idea." We wonder why there isn't a Hamptons Jitney Seaplane yet.
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Shoreline Aviation provides seaplane service from 23rd St on the East River to the Hamptons during the summer.
http://www.shorelineaviation.com/NYCa.html
"You could land out away from everybody then taxi in. There's no environmental issues to speak of,"
When New York is finally getting rid of its industrial shoreline, why would Bloomberg want to turn the city into a seaport again?
Oh and by the way, transferring the environmental problem to another location doesn’t solve it, but I guess what we can't see we don't worry about right?
Everything old is new again! This is how aviation started in New York City. We still have the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia from this era. One other remnant is the old bus depot pier on West Street at 14th Street. Before New York had a Department of Transportation, we had the Department of Marine & Aviation that operated out of the pier. Maybe they could expand on the existing heliports around town for this type of project.
no environmental issues to speak of, except of course the vastly inefficient burning of fuel.
Yeah let's get rid of industry! It's far better to have only white collar office jobs and poor people to clean the offices at midnight when they aren't seen! And do my drycleaning. And then we'll blame the country's worst income inequality on Washington!
Sounds like you already got bent. Note that TJ mentioned the inefficient burning of fuel. Seaplanes are notoriously inefficient, because if you notice, those huge pontoons are not aerodynamic.
Now if you want a more efficient method of transportation that takes off and lands in the water, wing in ground effect craft are far more like it.
Gee, a pilot's association representative who thinks something that could give his members more work is a good idea. Who'da thunk it? Of course, he doesn't really address Bloomie's idea, which includes large, multiengine seaplanes, not the puddle-jumpers the association members fly. I doubt most of them are even rated on multiengine planes.
We'll take the Spruce Moose! Hop in!
Did anyone else notice the seaplane flying around the East Rover rather low yesterday?
Toby, I was just about to mention that. I saw the same plane buzzing around the harbor. It looked like it was just taking off and at a high angle moving toward brooklyn.