"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:16:16 -0400, "Gary Drescher"
wrote in
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The turn isn't remotely impossible. It's a routine maneuver. It just needs
to be planned and executed properly.

It would seem that proper planning would at least include the 500'
restriction of FAR 91.119(c). That restriction would reduce the area
in which to complete the turn in compliance with regulations by
1,000'.

No, it wouldn't necessarily reduce the legally available width at all. Quite
possibly (though I haven't checked in detail), you can be right next to the
shore and still be more than 500' from any part of any structure on the
ground.

If 91.119(b) were more appropriate for the location of the flight, the
Lidle flight would not have been possible under VFR given the 2,000'
ceiling at the time.

If 91.119b were applicable there, then no flight in the East River VFR
corridor would be possible, because the Class E ceiling there is 1100'. (The
Hudson River VFR corridor would be illegal too.)

--Gary