Originally Posted by
Sport_Pilot
Have you forwarded that to the FAA? Only legal if permission is made by the airport, which I doubt. Not sure of FAA's position of model aircraft in clouds, but would suspect it will soon be illegal to be closer than 500 foot from a cloud when over 400 feet altitude.
A lot depends on the class of air space U are in, Altitude U are at, and day or night.
It Looks like the weather was CAVU Clear And Visibility Unlimited. Ther were certinally many FAR's Safety Code and AMA rules broken here.
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§ 91.155 Basic VFR weather minimums. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section and §
91.157, no person may operate an aircraft under VFR when the flight
visibility is less, or at a distance from clouds that is less, than that prescribed for the corresponding altitude and class of airspace in the following table:
[TABLE="class: gpotable"]
[TR]
[TH]Airspace[/TH]
[TH]Flight visibility[/TH]
[TH]Distance from clouds[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class A[/TD]
[TD]Not Applicable[/TD]
[TD]Not Applicable.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class B[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]Clear of Clouds.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class C[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class D[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class E:[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Less than 10,000 feet MSL[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]At or above 10,000 feet MSL[/TD]
[TD]5 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]1,000 feet below.1,000 feet above. 1 statute mile horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Class G:[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1,200 feet or less above the surface (regardless of MSL altitude)[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Day, except as provided in §
91.155(b)[/TD]
[TD]1 statute mile[/TD]
[TD]Clear of clouds.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Night, except as provided in §
91.155(b)[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]More than 1,200 feet above the surface but less than 10,000 feet MSL[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Day[/TD]
[TD]1 statute mile[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Night[/TD]
[TD]3 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]500 feet below.1,000 feet above. 2,000 feet horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]More than 1,200 feet above the surface and at or above 10,000 feet MSL[/TD]
[TD]5 statute miles[/TD]
[TD]1,000 feet below.1,000 feet above. 1 statute mile horizontal.[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
(b)
Class G Airspace. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, the following operations may be conducted in Class G airspace below 1,200 feet above the surface: