ORIGINAL: RCFlyerDan
AMA Safety Code 2c-
2.
Model aircraft pilots will:
(c) Not fly higher than approximately 400 feet above ground level within three (3) miles of an airport, without notifying the airport operator.
Dan,
This was copied
nearly verbatim from FAA AC 91-57 dtd June 9, 1981. The original reads
c. Do not fly model aircraft higher than 400 feet above the surface. When flying aircraft
within 3 miles of an airport, notify the airport operator, or when an air traffic facility is located at
the airport, notify the control tower, or flight service station.
FAA's statement is clear,
1) don't fly higher than 400 feet AGL anywhere
2) if within 3 mi of an airport, notify the airport operator (and implicitly, agree to abide by any restrictions imposed at that level).
By changing a period to a comma (much discussed in this forum), AMA made it a very ambiguous statement:
- Can I fly anywhere within the 3 mi airport perimeter up to 400 ft AGL?
- Is there any altitude limit at all beyond the 3 mi perimeter?
Ask AMA. Please come back and let us know what you learned.
cj