Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Viperdoc writes:

Why didn't you try to look it up first?

The FARs are rather large.


that's why there is an index

I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground. No IFR ticket, either.

Mxsmanic,

If you don't know the answer, you can save your time and not mine by
skipping the reply.


If you would take the effort to find the answer yourself in the sources
given to you many times in this group, you can save your and our time.

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:08:40 +1300, Duncan (NZ) wrote:

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says...
What regulations determine the absolute lowest altitude you can fly
above the ground in the U.S.? I understand that the area just above
the ground is usually Class G outside airports, and it only goes up to
700 or 1200 feet most of the time ... which implies that you can
actually fly at 500 feet AGL if you want. But is there some other
regulation that prohibits aircraft from flying this low, in general or
in certain conditions/areas?

Well... in New Zealand it's 500' - unless you're in an approved low
level (training) area, in which case it's as low a your intructor dares.

Over populated areas it's 1,000'

All AGL.

So the instructor who took me down to 100ft over 70? mile beach,
whilst on vacation was just having fun?!!!!!

Mxsmanic wrote:
What regulations determine the absolute lowest altitude you can fly
above the ground in the U.S.?

The ground level.

Chris Wells writes:

I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.

How can you be ten feet above the trees, but less than five feet above
the ground?

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Recently, Mxsmanic posted:

Michael Rhodes writes:

If YOU don't know, and refuse to take the suggested courses, then you
can buy books and magazines and read them in YOUR spare time like I
did.

Within the limits of my modest resources, I do.

No, you do not. The information that answers to your question conclusively
is available for free, and you have been pointed to it numerous times,
now. That you have not availed yourself of those resources exposes your
real purpose here.

Neil

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Ron Natalie wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
What regulations determine the absolute lowest altitude you can fly
above the ground in the U.S.?

The ground level.

Ron,

The ground level.


Ground level is a regulation? gd&r

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Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In Canada it's the same, with the proviso attached "except
when taking off or landing." It would be impossible to land or take off
at most airports if we had to stay 500' away from any person,
structure, vehicle or vessel.
Low flying kills people.

Same thing in France. The minimum height above ground was raised from
150 to 500ft a few years ago because of deadly accidents.
But this minimum is not valid everywhere. Especially above cities where
a minimum height of 1600, 3200 or 5000ft is mandatory, depending on the
size of the city. (You find this information on the charts.)

Thierry,
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