Jim Peters , a spokesman for the F.A.A . , said that Mr. Eberle , whom he identified as a flight instructor , and Mr. Sorey , a student pilot , had taken off from South Jersey Regional Airport near Mount Holly , N.J . They had planned to fly northeast across New Jersey and north along the Hudson to take in the scenery , then turn south and practice '' touch-and-go '' landings at a small airport at Lincoln Park , N.J. , in eastern Morris County .