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N6632P at
Danielson, Ct. (5B3) |
N6632P is
a 1959 Piper Comanche (PA-24-250), purchased in 2002 by Peter
Morse. The aircraft, with its 250 hp motor, variable pitch
propeller and retractable landing gear, cruises at 147 knots
(169 mph). It can carry four adults (800 lbs) with full fuel (60
gal/ 360 lbs) for just over four hours or 600 nautical miles,
cruising at an
altitude of 6,000 to 12,000 feet. An avionics upgrade was completed, and
N6632P is fully certified for IFR flight in the
clouds.
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Peter Morse of Putnam,
Connecticut, received his Private Pilot license
in 1994 after nearly a year of training at the Danielson
airport. He went on to earn an IFR rating and sign-offs in high
performance and complex (retractable) aircraft. Peter flies
often throughout the Northeast to visit family and friends or
for pleasure. He has made trips as far as Cape Cod, the Maine
coast, northern Vermont, central New York, Virginia and Florida.
His favorite trip is to fly down the Hudson River VFR Corridor
through New York City,
dropping to 1000 feet at the George Washington Bridge and
proceeding past the Statue of Liberty while looking up at the
New York skyline. This corridor has been re-opened
after being closed following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Peter became
an Angel Flight pilot, flying four missions in 2006 carrying patients
between Martha's Vinyard and Hyannis. Ten missions in 2007,
from the Boston area to central New York, totaled over
4200 nm. The Comanche has proved to be a reliable and
comfortable aircraft for these missions.
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