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- From: "Mark Abner" <wizard1 AT wildblue.net>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Helicopters
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:41:03 -0400
Manuvering below 400' agl (above ground level) over populated area
is forbiden under FAA flight rules. The sticky thing here is defineing populated
area in a court of law . However if several people in the area make
complaints to the local FISDO office it will have an impact. I once went to the
airport here and cornered the comander of a group of dope rangers who had
been buzzing my sheep pasture and told him that the next pass he personaly was
going to own some very expensiver breeding stock ( sueing the comander personaly
is a better tactic as the army and the government has lots more money for
lawyers but the indvidual comander does not)
I also told him that the county sherriff was welcome to
come and do a walk thought of my place any time he wanted just call to make sure
I was there first. I also stated that if his personel couldnt tell after 15 low
passes over my sheep pasture that there wasnt any pot there he needed to retrain
them. Sometimes you just have to be a pushy SOB to get thier attention. It helps
to know the applicable regulations too I once had them land a chopper near
a group I was camping with in violation of faa safty rules I asked what they
were doing landing in a populated space they said they had an emergency I
asked the nature of it they said the engine chip light was on. I asked how
many time the crew cheif had reset it. at this point they got kinda
cautios and I continued that if it was more than twice that bird was
grouned and would have to be hauled out of the woods on a trailer and a full
hotsection inspection done on the engine before it could fly again ( about a
30,000 dollar operation ) under US flight safty regulation part 91 part 45
part 135 and part 141 at this point the descied it had only been reset
twice and flew away quickly without leaveing the landing zone and didnt come
back.
Mark
< Some of it sounds as if it's in violation of aviation laws (I think there are minimum height restrictions, though am not sure what they are; call the FAA, maybe, and ask?). If everybody puts up with the illegal behaviour, there will only be more of it.
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[Market-farming] Helicopters,
Pat Rupiper, 07/13/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Helicopters,
road's end farm, 07/13/2006
- Re: [Market-farming] Helicopters, Mark Abner, 07/13/2006
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Re: [Market-farming] Helicopters,
road's end farm, 07/13/2006
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