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off airport landings
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Hiya Gents,
An interesting question has come up here that maybe some of you might have or thought about. Maybe you too have a house some what out in the country and wonder if you can fly "out of your back yard". There are usually two controlling authorities, one the County then the controlling city or town. I live in Grover Beach which is in San Luis Obispo county, CA. The county is fairly rural and their "rule" is: "If is is OK with the owner of the property then you may take off and land as long as you do not endanger or disturb anyone." The city says: One may not land a plane within the city limits unless it is at the air port, an emergency, with written city approval, or in coordination with police and/or fire departments. I know of a Doctor who is an R22 owner (he now has the hangar next to me) who built a nice house out in the rural area of the county. He also built a metal barn like horse shed with a level concrete pad and a level 30 ft driveway in-between them. All for the intention of keeping his R22 at the house (a really great setup!) He sold his old hangar and did this for a month when he got a letter from the county to come in for a hearing. The neighbors had got a petition against him and the board heard them all and ruled against him, that it was "disturbing their peace". He has since talked to his neighbors and comes to find out it was all organized by one guy that live near an airport and hated the noise and has since retired out in the country and just wouldn't stand for it. BUT, several of his neighbors told him, after he has sat down and talked with them, that had he come around and talked to them first, explained how he would be using it infrequently, not flying directly over their houses, and that it was not illegal by county laws, and how he could get someone to the hospital quick, and just basically "asked" their permission BEFORE he did it they would have agreed. But the other guy came around after they saw and heard a helicopter landing several times, inciting them with talk of fiery crashes, 50 flights a day, and other things. I also know a few people in other parts of the county that do have their R22's and R44's at their houses and ranches with no problems. My suggestion is start feeling out your neighbors now, talk to the county and city to find out the rules. Talk to the local airport manager (they usually know all the rules in the area) and talk to the helicopter instructors as they usually know people that own R22's because of check rides, and they hear all the good and bad stories. All politics is local... Fly smooooth, fly safe, ENJOY, Tom... |
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To date, no problems. Even 0500 Sun morning test flights have not caused any reaction. I'm sorry, but I don't think I would enjoy hearing a test flight at 0500 on a Sunday morning. A little courtesy can go a long way. I fly my boss in and out of his house in a sparsley populated area. The county approved his pad with the stipulation of no operations before 0700 and after 2100. Makes sense to me. Jim |
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I'm sorry, but I don't think I would enjoy hearing a test flight at 0500 on a
Sunday morning. A little courtesy can go a long way. LOL, yeah I agree. Now you all know I love helicopters but NOT at 5AM on a Sunday morning doing terst flights. Hell, even when I lived in Queens (NYC) and I heard the ENG guys hovering by the nearby highway at 7AM it kinda irked me. Especially when I saw on TV they were covering a friggin disabled car!! Of course it it's an emergency (EMS, PD, SAR) then that's different. Gerard |
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Yeh, its kind of strange that people think their activity is fine but
someone else's activity violates their serenity (has kind of a middle eastern flavor to it). Just an opinion mindya Jim "Micbloo" wrote in message ... I'm sorry, but I don't think I would enjoy hearing a test flight at 0500 on a Sunday morning. A little courtesy can go a long way. LOL, yeah I agree. Now you all know I love helicopters but NOT at 5AM on a Sunday morning doing terst flights. Hell, even when I lived in Queens (NYC) and I heard the ENG guys hovering by the nearby highway at 7AM it kinda irked me. Especially when I saw on TV they were covering a friggin disabled car!! Of course it it's an emergency (EMS, PD, SAR) then that's different. Gerard |
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