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wrote in message ups.com... But the advertised 390-ft fully-loaded ground roll got me fantasizing about all the convenient places I could land with a STOL bush plane. Somebody give me a reality check Forget about it. The first problem you have is the Washington DC ADIZ. Basically anything within 30 nautical miles of DCA is *very* strictly controlled in terms of arrivals and departures. Assuming you are within this ring there is no chance you would be allowed to land and depart from anywhere except several specially-designated fields and after a ton of other rigmarole. But it is highly unlikely you'd ever get that far. First, there are enough problems in suburbs with noise complaints coming from people who bought houses built five years ago next to an airport that has been around since the Wright bros. were still signing pilots' licenses. To get an idea of what the world is coming to check out www.stopthenoise.org. This is up in Mass., which politically is pretty much the same crowd you get around the Beltway. And the liability? Let's say your engine fails several hundred AGL on takeoff. If you're really in the 'burbs then odds are good you're coming down in a populated area. Whatever gets broken, that property owner whose field you departed from is getting sued. Hopefully it's just somebody's patio furniture and not something more difficult to replace. As for the absolute legality of it, most populated areas have zoning boards that exercise power approaching that of the Soviet Union. There are almost certainly enough catch-alls in there to ensure that you would, at the very least, have to spend a small fortune on lawyers in the process. YMMV. Free advice is often worth every penny you pay for it. -cwk. |
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The first problem you have is the Washington DC ADIZ
Hm, shoots that idea down.... |
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wrote in message ups.com... The first problem you have is the Washington DC ADIZ Hm, shoots that idea down.... I hope we don't give up 'our' airspace that easily... What do the helicopter folks do? |
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