I fly an RV6 out of Caldwell, New Jersey, and frequently take people around New York city, picking up a Bravo clearance from Newark and maintaining 1,500 in the Bravo all around Manhattan. I have done this probably 50 times and it never gets old, but I'm interested in a new view of the city.
The New York city Bravo goes up to only 7,000 feet MSL, so in theory I could just fly VFR at 7,500 up the Hudson without talking to approach. This would, of course, be dumb and irresponsible, since all kinds of departures from LGA, TEB, JFK and EWR are going to be climbing out of the top. So I'd like to work with the approach controllers to keep everyone safe and separated.
Does anyone have any experience of doing this, and have any words of wisdom to impart? Specifically: are there times of day, wind directions, and routings to stick to or avoid?
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