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Old 03-25-2016 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by HoundDog
Sporty what u fail to realize that Privatizations of the ATC system will be the end of General Aviation and Any "DRONE" R/C model flying. User Fees will be the death knell of all but military and commercial air travel.
There are already portable ADS-B's and a club would only need one on a pole to keep full scale air craft away from any Designated Flying field. It could be made to look like a hovering Helio and deter full Scale aircraft to keep at least 1/4 mile away maybe even 2000' horizontally or 1000' above the highest object with in the 2000'
Ref. FAR 91.119(b)


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Sec. 91.119

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Part 91 GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
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Sec. 91.119

Minimum safe altitudes: General.

Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.[/TD]
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I disagree, the FAA has been almost useless for some time now. I think we resolved the fact that the assembly of persons rule does not affect flying fields, but the 1000 foot rule is true for fields near communities.