Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

BT wrote:
> if you would take a ground school course..
> they would teach you the FARs
> BT

Or buy the King course.

I consider it to be congested if it is subdivided into lots (as opposed
to agricultural land).

Ron,

> The ground level.
>

Ground level is a regulation? <gd&r>

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Thomas Borchert <borchert_thomas@m> wrote:
> Ron,
>> The ground level.
>
> Ground level is a regulation? <gd&r>

It's a well-grounded law.

I've never heard the requirement of having a book of FAR/AIM for a ramp
check.

These days you can read the entire FAR/AIM online. I don't see the
need for a hard copy anymore.

As far as "all available information" goes, how many pilots have the
current VFR chart update Bulletins?


> > Not only that, but those of us with current medicals, and follow
> > US FAA "rules" have our own printed copies. Why? Because one of
> > the rules is that we are required to have "all available information"
> > for each and every flight. Each and every one of us in the US
> > are fair game for a ramp check.
>
>
> My guess is less than 10% of pilots have the FAR's with them at any
> given time. You're pretty optimistic about your fellow pilots.

> Same thing in France. The minimum height above ground was raised from
> 150 to 500ft a few years ago because of deadly accidents.

Feet or meters?

Jose
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In rec.aviation.student Dana M. Hague
<d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
> That's about half of it... but at least as far as ultralights (powered
> paragliders in this case) are concerned, the FAA interpreted a busy 4
> lane highway with clear fields on each side a "congested area"
> (ultralights have NO minimum altitude, but can't fly over a "congested
> area" at ANY altitude).

Are you even allowed to *cross* the highway? If not, that could put a
serious crimp in your travel plans, depending on where you're flying.

> I see the interpretation as not only "can you
> land safely", but also "if anything falls off the machine will it be
> likely to injure anybody on the ground?"

Not to mention if the machine iself falls from the sky.

.... Alan
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