Originally Posted by
JohnShe
the FAA issued AC 91-57 in 1981, it is long standing and soon to be replaced by the FAA/AMA agreement to use the AMA as CBO so that we can follow AMA safety guidelines which say essentially the same thing, with a little more detail.
I'm not aware of any guidelines or rules that say you can't operate a model in populated areas. Perhaps that meant to say they don't want you to over fly people
or buildings.