Absolute lowest altitude you can fly (legally)

Chris Wells wrote:
I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

You crazy ultralight flyers! ;-)

Thomas Borchert wrote:
Ron,
The ground level.

Ground level is a regulation? gd&r

It's a well-grounded law.

"Chris Wells" wrote in message
...

I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

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Chris Wells

How in the world were you able to get 10' above the trees and still remain
5' or less above the ground?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Allen

Chris Wells wrote:
I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

Can I have your tools after you kill yourself?

Dan

Allen wrote:

"Chris Wells" wrote in message
...

I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

--
Chris Wells

How in the world were you able to get 10' above the trees and still remain
5' or less above the ground?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Underground sawmills :-)

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.

Yup.
Microlites are frowned upon flying over cities in NZ
You -can- go lower to keep the cloud seperation numbers the way CAA
like them AFAIR

Originally Posted by Mxsmanic

Chris Wells writes:

I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.

How can you be ten feet above the trees, but less than five feet above
the ground?

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Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

Well, in the same flights, not at the same time...

Originally Posted by

Chris Wells wrote:
I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

Can I have your tools after you kill yourself?

Dan

What, you mean while sharing the roads with American drivers? Because none of my flying is as dangerous as that...

In article ,
says...
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?

--
Duncan

On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 06:10:41 +0000, Chris Wells
wrote:


I may have all of you beat...I've flown, repeatedly, in fog with 50' of
visibility, about 10' above the trees and 5' or less above the ground.
No IFR ticket, either.

You people are so damned queer.