FAA Waiver question

shockwaveriderz · 2005-11-16T21:46:11+00:00

well the good news is I got a callin standing 18K waiver at our Sims farm site. The bad news is I am having trouble getting a 5K waiver for the MSP site. At first the FAA guy said he was going to ok it. Then his supervisor said NO as its in the ILS Flight path or very close to it.SO I explained to the FAA guy that ALL we were planning on actually launching there in the first place were Model Rockets (which are exempt,up to a point, more on this in a minute) and Large Model Rockets which only require notification.(NOT PERMISSION)The reason I decided to apply for a FAA waiver at this site was to try and be viewed as a responsible and good neighbor to the local airport. Back in April Per FAR I did the notification to the Airport manager and the ATC at Bluegras Airport that we would launching model and large model rockets.To make a long story short, the Bluegrass Airport ATC manager went ballistic on me and told me that I could not launch model or large model rockets there as it would cause a collision hazard with his aircraft. Itreid to inform him that according to FAR I was resposnsible for doing a 360 sky sacn prior to any lauches so as not to cause these potential aircraft collision hazards, and well didn't agree that was enough safety in his mind.I tried to point out to this ATC manager that I was asking for his authority to lauch, I was provdiing notification and he had no authority to deny my model rocket or large model rockets launch.SO he called a FAA Supervisor in Louisville , who then called me and told me in not so many words, that true, the FAA had no authority to disallow this model rocket/large model rocket launch BUT if we needed any FAA waivers in the future from the Louisville office, if we didn't comply, they would take their time okaying any future faa waivers on our behalf......So I decided to comply and called off the launch.SO I then made the recent decsiion to apply for a FAA waiver at this MSP site, even though we would still ONLY be...

FAA Waiver question

Nov 16, 2005 145 Replies

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default 20 years ago

Why should he get a waiver to fly a rocket in uncontrolled airspace?

Should he also contact Ghostbusters because he's flying over ghost towns?

steve

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Vince 20 years ago

Cognito is Magneto's older, somewhat less dangerous brother, who is kept in a moderate security prison to prevent him from gaining access to cogs, which he once used to wreak havoc upon the world.

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Phil Stein 20 years ago

Do you know exactly where he has flown? If he doesn't need waivers, why doesn't he just say 'No - I fly in uncontrolled air space so they are not needed.' I'm asking because I don't know. Considering Ray's reluctance to part with the facts, I doubt that you know any more than I do.

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Greg Cisko 20 years ago

Speaking of which. What happened to Jerry?

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Greg Cisko 20 years ago

Always nice to meet new friends :-)

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AlMax 20 years ago

Well, he is around on some other web based forum.

Seek and yee shall find.

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