Where CAN you land your plane??

It varies by state and local governing bodies.

Registered aircraft may have different rules from ultralights.
Where local zoning may ban registered aircraft, it may allow
ultralights.

Some states will allow you to land and take off from interstate
highways, others may require the aircraft to be disassembled and
trucked out.
In Alaska, as you drive down a two lane road, you may see signs that
state "AIRCRAFT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD".

On private land, the owners permission is, as a general rule, required.

The rules are all over the place.

EDR wrote in message ...
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In Alaska, as you drive down a two lane road, you may see signs that
state "AIRCRAFT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD".


In Alaska I landed on the Dalton highway (actually a 2 lane gravel
road) a few times to go camping. The locals didn't bat an eye, but
the tourists thought I was some kind of lunatic.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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EDR wrote in message
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In Alaska, as you drive down a two lane road, you may see signs that
state "AIRCRAFT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD".


In Alaska I landed on the Dalton highway (actually a 2 lane gravel
road) a few times to go camping. The locals didn't bat an eye, but
the tourists thought I was some kind of lunatic.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


I went to an FAA Wings safety seminar last night. The topic was about
flying in Alaska. One of the speakers told me that Alaska permits aircraft
to use all public highways.

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In Alaska, as you drive down a two lane road, you may see signs that
state "AIRCRAFT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ON ROAD".


In Alaska I landed on the Dalton highway (actually a 2 lane gravel
road) a few times to go camping. The locals didn't bat an eye, but
the tourists thought I was some kind of lunatic.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)



I went to an FAA Wings safety seminar last night. The topic was about
flying in Alaska. One of the speakers told me that Alaska permits aircraft
to use all public highways.

Yu can land on a road provided its not done in a careless
or reckless fashion. Some troopers may consider landing on a
highway reckless. Others will block traffic for you to let
you take off.

Of course, I only do it when I suspect low oil pressure, in
which case the landing is precautionary.

Alaska Statue 02.30.030. Reckless Operation.

(a) A person may not operate an aircraft in the air or on
the ground or water in a careless or reckless manner so as
to endanger the life or property of another. In a proceeding
charging careless or reckless operation of aircraft in
violation of this section, the court, in determining whether
the operation was careless or reckless, shall consider the
standards for safe operation of aircraft prescribed by
federal statutes or regulations governing aeronautics.


--

Peter D. Brown
http://home.gci.net/~pdb/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akmtnsoaring/

In Alaska I landed on the Dalton highway

In Valemount, Canada, the local airport was too small (or too rough?)
for the skier from Texas who flew in with a twin-engine plane. So the
Mounties blocked the highway--including Valmount's main street, as I
recall.

Guy taxied right into the motel parking lot and parked near the
helicopter that would take him skiing for the next six days. Wife or
girlfriend stepped down, wearing sunglasses that made her look just
like Jackie O.

Didn't get a chance to talk to him; we were outward bound, by bus.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com

Cub Driver wrote in
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In Alaska I landed on the Dalton highway

In Valemount, Canada, the local airport was too small (or too rough?)
for the skier from Texas who flew in with a twin-engine plane. So the
Mounties blocked the highway--including Valmount's main street, as I
recall.

Guy taxied right into the motel parking lot and parked near the
helicopter that would take him skiing for the next six days. Wife or
girlfriend stepped down, wearing sunglasses that made her look just
like Jackie O.

Didn't get a chance to talk to him; we were outward bound, by bus.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email:

see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com
and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com


Must be tough

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ET


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