Thread: Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)
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Old January 5th 07, 04:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Lee K. Gleason
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Default Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

"Duncan (NZ)" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:08:40 +1300, Duncan (NZ) wrote:

In article ,
says...
What regulations determine the absolute lowest altitude you can fly
above the ground in the U.S.? I understand that the area just above
the ground is usually Class G outside airports, and it only goes up
to
700 or 1200 feet most of the time ... which implies that you can
actually fly at 500 feet AGL if you want. But is there some other
regulation that prohibits aircraft from flying this low, in general
or
in certain conditions/areas?

Well... in New Zealand it's 500' - unless you're in an approved low
level (training) area, in which case it's as low a your intructor
dares.

Over populated areas it's 1,000'

All AGL.

So the instructor who took me down to 100ft over 70? mile beach,
whilst on vacation was just having fun?!!!!!

- did you see your instructor switch the transponder to standby?

My instructor told me I should be careful and never fly low enough to let
anyone read the tail number of the plane...
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