Mustang requesting fly-by. Sorry Mustang, the pattern is
closed.




"Andrew Sarangan" wrote in message
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| Matt Whiting wrote:
| Andrew Sarangan wrote:
| I could see flyovers being illegal under two FARs -
minimum safe
| altitude, as well as careless and reckless. Regardless
of legality,
| they are totally unnecessary and unsafe. The outcome
of this flight
| demonstrates that point.
|
| They aren't unsafe any more than any other aspect of
flying is unsafe.
| They may or may not be necessary, all depends on the
circumstances.
| They are necessary if you are inspecting a field that is
short, soft
| and/or unknown to you as part of your pre-landing
activities. Many
| flight instruction guides specifically recommend this in
these cases.
|
| Matt
|
| I think we are talking about different things here.
Go-arounds,
| circling approaches, low pass for inspecting the runway,
and slow
| flight one foot above the runway are all well-intended
useful
| maneuvers. I do them, and I teach them. May be I
misunderstood the
| article, but the phrase "fly over" in the article implied
a highspeed
| pass over the runway. This is what I was referring to as
unnecessary
| and unsafe.
|