"Rob Montgomery" wrote in message
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91.119(c) states that aircraft "may not be operated closer than 500 feet
to
any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure." I would argue that an airplane
(on the ground, no less) is a vehicle.

That would make taxiing a bitch!!



This isn't an isolated bust. They got a lear pilot making a low pass
on the same charge. Low passes aren't "a lower altitude necessary for
landing" so you better make sure you maintain the minimum altitudes.

500' is plenty low for a low pass.

But what about the "really low" passes that you can use to teach students
to
flare? I admit that I can't remember a student not touching the runway
slightly, but I guess I'll stop announcing "low approach". :-)

Try clearing deer or elk from a runway by flying 500 feet AGL :~)


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO