The FAA has been much more safety minded since they killed
Vince Morrow. Lots of risks can be accepted. But some
risks should not be taken or encouraged.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:l8trg.62919$ZW3.30020@dukeread04...
| Don't confuse normal airport traffic near a runway with
boat
| traffic on a lake or harbor. On a lake, a take-off or
landing
| may come closer than 500 feet to a boat, but it should
NEVER
| be aimed at that boat.
|
| Certainly not without the boat occupants' competent
cooperation; that would
| be reckless. But in this case (assuming the scene was even
real), the stunt
| performers in the boat *were* cooperating, and presumably
had the expertise
| to do so safely.
|
| Your assertion that 91.119 prohibits the takeoff can't be
correct, because
| otherwise 91.119 would also forbid you to take off or land
whenever doing so
| would bring you within 500' of a person or vehicle.
There's nothing in the
| wording of 91.119 that addresses whether or not you are
"aimed at" the
| object you come close to.
|
| --Gary
|
| "Gary Drescher" wrote in
message
| . ..
| | "Jim Macklin"
wrote
| in message
| | news:Bmirg.62828$ZW3.25169@dukeread04...
| | Note that just because you are taking off, you
still
| must
| | comply with the regulations.
| |
| | 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!
| |
| | key word, necessary... or was the take-off
necessary.
| |
| | No, that's not a sensible parsing of the qualifier
"Except
| when necessary
| | for takeoff or landing".
| |
| | A takeoff is virtually never necessary. So if 91.119
meant
| what you think it
| | does, then you'd be forbidden to take off from a
runway if
| your flight path
| | would bring you within 500' of another aircraft that's
on
| the ground near
| | the runway (on a parallel taxiway, for example). Is
that
| really the rule you
| | follow when you fly?
| |
| | --Gary
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