On 2006-04-19, Skylune wrote:
It is ludicrous because the rules say you cannot fly a kite within 5 miles
of the airport boundary, not simply off the departure and arrival ends of
the runway. 5 miles! LOL.

No it doesn't say that at all. I suggest you read 14 CFR 101.13 *in
full*. In particular paragraph (b). You most certainly CAN fly a kite
within 5 miles of an airfield boundary. Paragraph (b) lists the common
sense exceptions.

that the FAA will somehow limit their usage as well. What about small
model planes? Are these also restricted?

There are regulations on model planes, too, as far as the altitude they
can be flown at. They are, after all, in the air committing aviation, so
this is in the FAA's domain. Why do you think it's stupid, ludicrous or
somehow hysterical that kites and models (both potentially dangerous
objects) have some kind of regulations from the administration that
happens to regulate the airspace they fly in?

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