Somebody will have their t*t in a wringer now. There is someone out there that knows who this person is.

Yeah, it's the FAA that knows who the pilot was on that flight! He was neither in distress nor practicing emergency landings. He is a Beaumont, TX pilot with a history of buzzing.

Harvey

Why do you think it's political and what would "rich beach home owners" have to do with it?

I doubt that the pilot was trying to be political. He was an idiot with an airplane who has a history of buzzing. We'll probably see him on the news in a couple of days whining about how unfair the FAA is treating him.

And the minimum altitude above a gathering of people is 1000ft. Most folks consider this to mean over cities and towns but it also applies to crowded beaches. It's 500ft out in sparsely populated areas.

Harvey

Experience.

Is public beach access vs rich beach home owners an issue in Galveston right now? (I've been out of town for the past year.)

Harvey

Actually its 500 feet from individual people, buildings, vehicles, and vessels. Not sure the beach was crowded enough, if the rest of the beach was as crowded as the photo, then yes, but the 500 foot rule is more severe and more easily enforced.

Has been for many years. Texas open beaches act.