ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
Not my place to ask. Perhaps SoCal should. However I can read and AC and it clearly states that it is only and advisory (thats why its called and Advisory Circular), not a regulation, and clearly states the 400 feet limit is recommended when withen 3 miles of an airport. However, the attitude of the landowners is another matter, and probably where the FAA gets its power from.
BTW, why so angry?
He is angry because he is part of the problem; a local AMA slackie. He knows exactly what is going on but refuses to address the points I've brought up because of his AMA bias.
It would be intersting to find out what sort of extortion the FAA is doing to the city of Costa Mesa to get the park director so riled up. Then the city can't enforce the altitude as that is an FAA thing. But the FAA has no rules governing models.
However the city can stop all modeling at the park. My sources tell me that is going to be the "solution".