Nit picking?

"or"

The word "or" is important. "Over any congested area......or over any open air assembly of persons" would suggest the assembly of persons to be something other than any congested area yet equal in importance.

As for the definition of assembly being density specific, where is that suggested. When the entrants showed up for our glider contest today, they were assembling. Every single one of them. When the soccer moms bring their kids to my neighborhood's private field they are most certainly assembling. And it's not contingent on any sort of density, no 5 people per acre kind of requirement.

No wonder these threads go round and round.


BTW, I just got back from the club where a glider contest is assembling. OK, where glider flyers are assembling to fly this weekend. Walking around looking at the models there wasn't a single one with an AMA number on it. Probably out of style nowadays. And no registration numbers but then they don't have to be visible from the exterior. And every flyer I observed was obviously trying for every foot of altitude he could. And every flyer seemed to be seeking a fun assembly of pilots.