RE: New FAA 5 mile rule? Is this true
[link=http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisoryCircular.nsf/0/1acfc3f689769a56862569e70077c9cc/$FILE/ATTBJMAC/ac91-57.pdf]HERE [/link] are the current FAA guidelines for model aircraft.
Since they are "guidelines" the habit has been to completely ignore then for almost three decades.