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George II

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34. Read up on FAA regulations....

Reply to intheflow (Reply #33)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 08:55 AM

Apr 2013

....it has nothing to do with "media suppression". The lower level of flight permissible over populated areas and areas that are going though unusual circumstances is 1000 feet, has been since at least the early 1970s when I first took my flying lessons.

To characterize it as anything other is uninformed and ignorant, plain and simple.

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Well... It Was Nice While It Lasted... [View all] WillyT Apr 2013 OP

And people wonder, with a straight face, why we need Anonymous and Wikileaks!? villager Apr 2013 #1

Damn straight. pacalo Apr 2013 #4

+1,000 n/t malaise Apr 2013 #11

Great Point! n-t Logical Apr 2013 #19

Yes, you have wonder why they wonder. Imagine if we had an actual news sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #21

Some only pretend to wonder, prefering instead the status quo. Kurovski Apr 2013 #37

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2013 #39

Time to pull out that well-worn Newest Reality Apr 2013 #2

Wow. It's 1984, and I'm young again! Squinch Apr 2013 #3

Only below 1000 ft. MineralMan Apr 2013 #5

Oil execs exempt of course. Not that they'd give a shit. n/t L0oniX Apr 2013 #6

Not Quite Accurate... Pilotguy Apr 2013 #7

And there may be legitimate reasons for flyovers during the cleanup. randome Apr 2013 #8

"We Know That"... Barely WillyT Apr 2013 #9

You think they won't have helicopters ferrying cleanup equipment in and out? randome Apr 2013 #14

Excellent point..........people here would be pissed to know that no pilot may operate an aircraft.. George II Apr 2013 #26

OFGS! Can this be FUCKING TRUE? I thought this was BUSH Stuff! KoKo Apr 2013 #10

"OFGS!" for sure....no, this isn't bush stuff, it's ROUTINE FAA stuff, and has been for decades..... George II Apr 2013 #27

Uh, no. intheflow Apr 2013 #33

Read up on FAA regulations.... George II Apr 2013 #34

mobile control tower? When they are CLOSING towers across the nation? CBGLuthier Apr 2013 #36

Meh. progressoid Apr 2013 #12

The Protect Corporate Interests administration rides to the rescue yet again. forestpath Apr 2013 #13

What does "corporate interests" have to do with it? George II Apr 2013 #28

Good ... then there will be no obstacles zbdent Apr 2013 #15

So, if 1,000 feet doesn't really prevent info acquisition, why else might the FAA have done this?nt patrice Apr 2013 #16

To clear airspace for cleanup choppers. X_Digger Apr 2013 #29

Thanks. nt patrice Apr 2013 #32

1000 feet is the limit in MANY areas of the country.................no ulterior motive. George II Apr 2013 #30

Thanks. nt patrice Apr 2013 #31

FAA. Cleita Apr 2013 #17

Move along nothing to see here!!!!! Initech Apr 2013 #18

The "hazard" being reduction of Exxon's quarterly bottom line if too many proles see what's happenin Volaris Apr 2013 #20

RC Helicopters with cameras SCVDem Apr 2013 #22

Still loving this change I can believe in. UnrepentantLiberal Apr 2013 #23

Who owns the affected areas? JDPriestly Apr 2013 #24

Acme Personal Drones, Inc. n/t jtuck004 Apr 2013 #25

sounds like government cover for the oil fuckers to me spanone Apr 2013 #35

For your SAFETY, of course Blue Owl Apr 2013 #38