Does anyone know airspace restrictions?
My house and several others in my neighborhood just got buzzed by what appeared to be a private helicopter. Couldn't have been more than 20 feet above the roof.
Is that legal?
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News copter? The media have no rules. 0 -
We used to have a guy who would buzz our duck lake every Saturday morning while we were hunting, "used to"..... 0 -
i always thought planes and such were supposed to fly around towns...however doc that reupped the county hospital landed his helicopter in an open lot across the street from Napa to visit a rest home a block away...that alerted the nodders at Napa 0 -
One of the doctors at our local hospital , a kidney specialist, flies to work everyday in his chopper . Lands on a helipad on his office roof next door to the hospital. Think he lives in Raleigh or Durham 0 -
Not life flight and not news. 0 -
Was it a black helicopter, by chance? 
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I guess it depends on where you live, I always try to catch a look at what goes over me. I've had a pair of Chinooks over at about 500 ' , 3 C-130s at 100 ' . I just got used to it. I don't live anywhere near an airport, i just seem to be in a good spot for them to play 0 -
local DNR has low flyovers every few months looking for pot plants/growers use the local air reserves blackhawks as a double, guard gets flight time in and DNR/law enforcement gets druggies......... 0 -
500' AGL is the most common rule of thumb. You can fly over sparely populated areas below 500AGL but there is a 500' bubble around dwellings. At 120MPH 500' becomes a value judgement. 0 -
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we live about 40 miles +/- from Wright Patterson and the Dayton airport and use to be a small country air strip ( Quincy air port ) about a mile from us then the old fellow that it belonged to and took of it passed away maybe 20 years ago I think some model airplane group was suppose to have bought it not sure , were also on the flight path of care flight headed to the next city over
any way we have a wide assortment fly over the ones I dis like are the ultra light ( single seat flying bicycle ) that frequent over in the summer . but its there hobby and I can live with it
the military I do not mind as it fun to see what is coming over when there doing there required flight time or just out for a spin LOL
oh left out the field sprayer he is a hoot to watch swooping down and tight turns . seen traffic stop thinking he was crashing0 -
We had a couple C-17s flying in what appeared to be in a terrain following mode last year up here in North Idaho, Randy.
They were low enough that if one was to stand on top of the rolling hills, I think you would have been above them. Not sure of the altitude, but I don't think the hills are much over 500-600 feet. They are awful big birds to be maneuvering down that low.0 -
Do you live near Bruce???? He might be dropping off a care package 6 -
Ditch-Runner said:we live about 40 miles +/- from Wright Patterson and the Dayton airport and use to be a small country air strip ( Quincy air port ) about a mile from us then the old fellow that it belonged to and took of it passed away maybe 20 years ago I think some model airplane group was suppose to have bought it not sure , were also on the flight path of care flight headed to the next city over
any way we have a wide assortment fly over the ones I dis like are the ultra light ( single seat flying bicycle ) that frequent over in the summer . but its there hobby and I can live with it
the military I do not mind as it fun to see what is coming over when there doing there required flight time or just out for a spin LOL
oh left out the field sprayer he is a hoot to watch swooping down and tight turns . seen traffic stop thinking he was crashing
My First airplane was a Quicksilver GT400. I loved that slow, low and open to the sky feeling while flying. You get every sensation during flight. The air temp changes, the up and down drafts and the smell from the land below. It is as close to being a bird as we humans can get at 45 MPH. My AP/IA/CFI was dead against me flying it. I weigh as much as the plane did! He HATES two stroke motors in aircraft, being four stroke certified or NOTHING. Maybe that is why I call him "Little Hitler". Those moments flying and many hours of flying in an ultralight are still the fondest time I have had in the air. I will eventually get and fly another part 103 Aircraft. They are the purest form of flight we mere mortals can have.0 -
I'm in touch with the FAA, and they are calling me here in a bit. 0 -
The gentleman from the FAA was very pleasant. He wanted more details and I gave them. He apologized for the slow response. I told him it was pretty quick, from my perspective. He said he would look into known activity in the area and advise me, but not to expect much at this time. He asked me to notify him if it happened (or any other event that needed reporting happened) again. Very pleasant fellow that showed genuine concern. Rather a nice surprise for my day. 0 -
Flying Clay Disk said:I wouldn't expect much. You've got about a 99.99% chance whoever did this didn't have a filed flight plan. Unless you've got an "N" number, some pictures, with GPS coordinates and exact times...you're just chasing ghosts.Did you get the make and model of the helicopter at least? (i.e. turbine/piston, Bell, Eurocopter, Sikorsky, Hughes, Robinson, etc.)?ETA - Also, did you actually see it? Remember, a Chinook or Pave Hawk at 1,000 feet sounds about the same as a Robinson does sitting on your roof.
It was a Bell. A Long Ranger or similar size. I saw it right out my basement window wondering how it had cleared my roof as it went over my back yard away from me to the NNE. It skimmed right over my neighbor's houses as well, just continuing at a low elevation the whole way.0 -
I bet the FAA gets tons a calls a day from folks about low flying aircraft. If it was so low it could have collided with a tree 0 -
Got powerlines near you? They may have been checking them. Many companies use helicopters nowadays since it is so much faster.
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always thought about an ultralight to to buzz around the country here and over at the lake...really got interested when the Kitty Hawk Flyer and the Opener Blackfly were promoted and then after about 2 years found out they were not going to be sold after all...good vids on you tube...company went on to concentrate on a craft similar the the chinee E-hang...disappointed 0 -
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I say "Do Not Fly over Area 51" ,,,I repeat : Do Not Fly over Area 51 ,,, Do Not Fly over area 51 !!!!!
Thanks !!!!0 -
check out a home built ultralight called The Sky Pup. Designed by Cessna. Videos on Youtube. I have wanted to build one for years. 0 -
Restrictions depend on what, where and who.
A pair of A-10s fly low over the lake where my summer house most weeks . Air National Guard out of Ft Wayne. No problems there.
A business jet buzzed a cottage a few years ago and the pilot was advised immediately to land at South Bend and all persons to remain on board until the authorities arrives. The cottage buzzed belonged to Greg Pence bother of Mike Pence who was visiting for the Fourth of July. Lots of government employees got the tail number and called it in.0
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