key word, necessary... or was the take-off necessary.



"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| "gatt" wrote in message
| ...
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote in message
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| I guess when you're making a movie, violation of the
FAA and
| USCG laws are OK?
|
| How is it a violation?
|
| § 91.13 Careless or reckless operation.
| (a) Aircraft operations for the purpose of air
navigation.
| No person may operate an aircraft in a careless or
reckless
| manner so as to endanger the life or property of
another.
|
| Even assuming that the scene was filmed without special
effects, a
| meticulously planned and executed stunt--carefully
coordinated with the
| stunt performers in the boat--would not have endangered
anyone. (Since there
| are no clear rules as to what counts as reckless, the FAA
could conceivably
| try to invoke 91.13a anyway; but that's true regarding
*any* flight, and in
| any case they apparently haven't done so.)
|
| (b) Aircraft operations other than for the purpose of
air
| navigation. No person may operate an aircraft, other
than
| for the purpose of air navigation, on any part of the
| surface of an airport used by aircraft for air commerce
| (including areas used by those aircraft for receiving or
| discharging persons or cargo), in a careless or reckless
| manner so as to endanger the life or property of
another.
|
| No airport surface was involved.
|
| § 91.115 Right-of-way rules: Water operations.
| (a) General. Each person operating an aircraft on the
water
| shall, insofar as possible, keep clear of all vessels
and
| avoid impeding their navigation, and shall give way to
any
| vessel or other aircraft that is given the right-of-way
by
| any rule of this section.
|
| The aircraft kept clear, and it had right of way according
to 91.115b (the
| plane was to the boat's right).
|
| § 91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General.
| Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person
may
| operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
|
| The aircraft was taking off, so the altitudes in 91.119
don't apply.
|
| Note that just because you are taking off, you still
must
| comply with the regulations. Read this again...
|
| [91.119](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.
|
| Huh? According to the beginning of 91.119, parts a, b, and
c *do not apply*
| during takeoff or landing. If they did apply, then it
would be illegal for
| you to land on a runway whenever another plane is holding
short less than
| 500' from your flight path!
|
| --Gary
|
|