Permission to photograph airplanes in public

"Todd" wrote

Is there an expectation of privacy when you fly your aircraft in public
airways and land at public airports?

There is an expectation that your number will not be published, for many
times more people to see, than who would see it, if it were just driven or
parked.

Ever notice that on reality type TV shows, any legible liscense plate
numbers are always digitally blurred?

I'll bet the producer's lawyers know something that we do not.

Is that true when you drive your
car on public roads?

Yep. I have no proof to offer, but common sense, and observation. Also, if
you are driving down the road, most people do not have the time to record
liscense plate numbers, so they can look them up later. If a picture is
made, there is all the time in the world to look up things, and enlarge or
enhance other numbers that were not even visable to the person driving down
the road.

Just take the pictures, and use photoshop to blurr the numbers. It will
take about a minute per picture, then you can rest easy.
--
Jim in NC

If you are doing anything in public, there is no reasonable expectation of
privacy. You could be on a privately operated web cam for the whole world
to watch on any street corner in any major city.

Mike Schumann

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Todd" wrote

Is there an expectation of privacy when you fly your aircraft in public
airways and land at public airports?

There is an expectation that your number will not be published, for many
times more people to see, than who would see it, if it were just driven or
parked.

Ever notice that on reality type TV shows, any legible liscense plate
numbers are always digitally blurred?

I'll bet the producer's lawyers know something that we do not.

Is that true when you drive your
car on public roads?

Yep. I have no proof to offer, but common sense, and observation. Also,
if you are driving down the road, most people do not have the time to
record liscense plate numbers, so they can look them up later. If a
picture is made, there is all the time in the world to look up things, and
enlarge or enhance other numbers that were not even visable to the person
driving down the road.

Just take the pictures, and use photoshop to blurr the numbers. It will
take about a minute per picture, then you can rest easy.
--
Jim in NC