"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:37:53 +0000, John Godwin wrote:

Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any
open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the
highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the
aircraft.

I've long wondered about whether "congested area" applies when one is over
a river. That's not congested. It is next to a congested area, but it
itself is rather sparsely populated.

I've wondered about that too. But If it were construed to apply when you're
over a river, then flight up the Hudson VFR corridor would be illegal--you
can't get over the Verrazano or George Washington bridge under the Class E
ceiling without coming within 2000' horizontally of the bridge towers,
flying less than 1000' above the tower tops. (In fact, it takes a little
maneuvering just to avoid coming within 500' of the GWB towers.)

--Gary