On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 17:27:01 GMT, ET wrote:
What are the rules (federal) that govern this? or is it a state by state
thing (I'm in Texas if it really matters).
As others have pointed out, the feds don't care but the state or local
authorities may:
When I lived in New Jersey, it was illegal to land, except in an
emergency, anywhere but at a state approved airport. I ran afoul of
that once when I made an emergency landing on a pier (which was legal)
and then flew it out again the next day (which wasn't).
One guy made an emergency landing on the Garden State Parkway and got
a ticket for entering not from an on ramp and failure to pay the toll.
Of course, that's NJ, where everything not compulsory is forbidden.
In Connecticut where I live now, it used to be that you needed to
register a field as a state registered airport if you used it for more
than (IIRC) 30 operations per month. I'm pretty sure this has since
ben repealed, and now they don't care what you do.
A guy in my town wanted to build an airstrip. The town zoning people
told him ultralights were OK, but registered aircraft weren't.
I sometimes fly my paramotor from a State park here in CT. Once a cop
stopped by... no problem, just wanted to chat and make sure I wasn't
flying over the adjacent nuke plant (I wasn't). OTOH, in NY state
parks, ALL forms of aviation are prohibited, in a language that would
seem to make even birds felons.
-Dana
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