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Old January 2nd 07, 06:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Mxsmanic
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Default Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

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?

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Old January 2nd 07, 06:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Robert M. Gary
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Mxsmanic wrote:
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?


There was a video of a Yak that was making sparks on the runway. I
would say that's just about as low as you can go.

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Old January 2nd 07, 06:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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On 01/02/07 09:46, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
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?


There was a video of a Yak that was making sparks on the runway. I
would say that's just about as low as you can go.


Well, I guess you can go lower if you don't mind making your own hole ;-\


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Old January 6th 07, 02:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 09:52:24 -0800, Mark Hansen wrote
(in article ):

On 01/02/07 09:46, Robert M. Gary wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
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?


There was a video of a Yak that was making sparks on the runway. I
would say that's just about as low as you can go.


Well, I guess you can go lower if you don't mind making your own hole ;-\




You have to get permission from the Bureau of Mines.

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Old January 2nd 07, 06:51 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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if you would take a ground school course..
they would teach you the FARs
BT

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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?

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Old January 2nd 07, 07:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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BT wrote:
if you would take a ground school course..
they would teach you the FARs
BT


Or buy the King course.

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Old January 2nd 07, 09:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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BT writes:

if you would take a ground school course..
they would teach you the FARs


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

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Old January 3rd 07, 05:03 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Michael Rhodes
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On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:28:30 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

BT writes:

if you would take a ground school course..
they would teach you the FARs


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


FYI, you little ...

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. Fortunately, I did not have a simulator I might pretend as real
to take their place, then think to rudely harass someone, or a bunch
of someones (how pompous!) on the internet for free instruction.

There are some excellent authors, both book and magazine, who are
quite public and not expensive. AND there are some excellent web
sites which also have good info and make an effort to not be so dry.
But written materials can be held in hand and pondered at your own
pace. The web is too brief, and cluttered; as is this news group, for
that matter.

We, including you, including me, have the right to avoid others. And
also to group with others in some protected confines to discuss
commonalities. By its nature, aviation of course! deserves more of a
quieted area than, say, college football at a bar.

The want for peace in their own neighborhood (the hell if it is yours)
forces some to treat you politely, when BY ALL RIGHTS, you should
taken out back and have your back-side treated appropriately.
You are a bad guy who hardly deserves a moment of anyone's time. You
have the nerve to demand all there time!

People don't mind an occasional quiz, so, in a news group, there will
always be someone who responds by reflex. But when that's the only
thing going on then, you little..., it suffers. The anger you read,
but not human enough to feel, is real, and appropriate.
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Old January 3rd 07, 07:10 AM
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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.
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Old January 3rd 07, 01:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

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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