"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:41:11 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote in
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The NTSB review specifically found that taking off or
landing does not legalize flight under a bridge.

So when is it legal to fly under a bridge?


We had a local pilot that flies a Kitfox. He flies down to the river and
lands on isolated sandbars. He was taking off from one a while back and
didn't climb as quickly as normal and realized he wasn't going to clear some
power lines so he went under them and this required him to also fly under a
bridge.

A county sheriff deputy saw this and reported him. The FSDO contacted him
and asked for his story on what happened.

He told them and the FSDO told him, "... you said the magic words 'your were
taking off'."

He wasn't violated or even had his hand slapped. The deputy is still ****ed
off about it and tried to find something else to charge him on but never
did.

This all happened this summer so it isn't a "Good Ole Days" story.