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Old 06-14-2022, 07:27 PM
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Correct me if I’m wrong but I was under the impression that minimum altitude for manned aircraft is 500’ and cannot fly within 500’ of people and structures. In this case no structures or people were overflown. Hydro, he repeated this behavior for several months. I encouraged the president of the club to just inquire as to the reason why the CHP aircraft had to circle the flying site at the beginning of his shift just to see if they were aware of what was happening instead of issuing a complaint. No dice. I did understand where he was coming from. The site is on county land and they were rather sensitive to any sort of complaints. The club suspended one member for a month over the use of foul language. The site has a bike trail leading directly into the parking lot. A family happens along as a member voiced his frustrations over an engine that didn’t feel like running.