Aircraft operations in the vicinity are already covered.
§ 101.23 Operating limitations.
No person may operate an unmanned rocket-
(a) In a manner that creates a collision hazard with other aircraft;
(b) In controlled airspace;
(c) Within five miles of the boundary of any airport;
(d) At any altitude where clouds or obscuring phenomena of more than
five-tenths coverage prevails;
(e) At any altitude where the horizontal visibility is less than five miles;
(f) Into any cloud;
(g) Within 1,500 feet of any person or property that is not associated with
the operations; or
(h) Between sunset and sunrise.
(Sec. 6(c), Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1655(c)))
[Doc. No. 1580, 28 FR 6722, June 29, 1963, as amended by Amdt. 101-4, 39 FR
22252, June 21, 1974]
Explain.
You heard wrong. If it was knowing on my part, maybe, but it was not.
The FIELD preflight estimate was 13,000feet.
Rogers knowingly since he later admitted the LAB preflight was actually
33,000 feet. He published the evidence :)
Jerry
I am not sure buzzing a collection of folks in an open field is an FAA
violation of any kind. It is annoying. Maybe disruptive to a rocket
launch. But illegal?
Jerry
It certainly can be, it depends on where it happened, the airplane's
altitude above the ground and, whether or not it was operating at a nearby
airport.
Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 91-GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES
§ 91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General.
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an
aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency
landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town, or
settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000
feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of
the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above the
surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases,
the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel,
vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters. Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums
prescribed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is
conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition,
each person operating a helicopter shall comply with any routes or altitudes
specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
PHL (Philly) closes airport for whatever reason (crash, fuel spill,
weather conditions) and reroutes flights to BWI. The reroute takes
them over airspace that you had a waiver for. I know this is a far
stretch but COULD happen and wouldn't be foreseable and not one to
question ATC/FAA about when they ask you to cease and decist all air
operations.
Just my 2 cents.
Even if that happened.
1. Unwaivered operations would remain unaffected.
2. Waivered operations that had already been activated (telephonically
approved) would remain open.
Jerry
Do you mean activity that was actually unsafe or activity that a pilot felt
was unsafe? Why would he report it to the "local airport people"? What
could they do about it?
None, I'm asking about specific instances referred to by others. It was
said these aircraft should be reported, but nobody said what it is that
should be reported.
I don't know, what's the experience?
When I speculate I clearly identify it as speculation.
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