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Old 01-02-2016, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Maximilionalpha
Oh, well in that case, the FAA advises people to notify them in such instances, because that is in violation of Part 91.119, of the FAR, but other than doing that, I'd go out to the airport and try to find out from the pilots, their reason(s), for flying so low, over populated areas. I have a few friends that are private pilots and I've posed the same questions to them, because I'd occasionally have small planes flying lower than 500ft over the field where I used to fly at a lot and I used to never like flying under 1000ft! They all pretty much told me the same reasons, as to why.
If they are within the circuit area then a pilot can request a low level (bad weather) circuit for training purposes. Also stress of weather is another valid reason they might fly below 500ft.

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