The corridor has specific rules and directions and heights and around statue of liberty you usually are at 500 feet unless you are in contact with ATC
Abid
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Ted Gelletly <championprinting@...> wrote:
>
> The SOL is a National Monument: http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
> In order to be "legal":
> FAA Advisory Circular AC 91-36, Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Flight Near Noise-Sensitive Areas, defines the surface of a national park area (including parks, forests, primitive areas, wilderness areas, recreational areas, national seashores, national monuments, national lakeshores, and national wildlife refuge and range areas) as: the highest terrain within 2,000 feet laterally of the route of flight, or the upper-most rim of a canyon or valley.
>
> 2000 feet is a relatively long way and the police should know these rules. Any idea of how far he really was?
>
> I think Helen's post on courtesy also applies. Why provoke anyone just because we can? I'm not saying that this was the case here, especially without the facts.
> Ted
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: apollonorthamerica <apollonorthamerica@...>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, June 1, 2010 11:06:55 PM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Ultralight pilot buzzes Statue of Liberty
>
>
> He broke not a single reg.
> The compliant from park police was that he flew within 150 feet of the statue. The flight was all being recorded on video and FAA asked NYC police helicopters to track the trike and they did. After seeing the video however, they realized that he never flew even over the land on the island so the park police was off by 1000's of feet. They apologized and let him go.
> It was an aircraft built by us and a private pilot trained to fly WSC by me. So this is the best info I have so far. It is however better than the WSJ garbage about fixed wing Monsoon and FAA said there would be an investigation. It was a S-LSA Monsoon 912S weight-shift-control aircraft and the only investigation may be for the park police guy to get a better prescription for his lenses.
> Abid
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Chris" <chris.holub@> wrote:
> >
> > An ultralight aircraft flew within 150 feet of the Statue of Liberty Monday morning prompting a police helicopter to escort the aircraft to the Westchester County Airport.
> >
> > Police said Barry Maggio, 59 years old, of Hampden, Mass., buzzed the Statue of Liberty in the fixed-wing, two-seat aircraft at 7:10 a.m. After the U.S. Parks Police notified the Federal Aviation Administration, the New York Police Department launched a chopper to intercept the flight.
> >
> > The police helicopter radioed Mr. Maggio as he neared the George Washington Bridge, police said. It was unclear exactly how much time had elapsed, but police said the call from the FAA was at 7:45 a.m.
> >
> > Mr. Maggio was questioned at Westchester Airport about the incident and released, police said. A spokesman for the FAA said there would be an investigation, but as of Monday afternoon no charges had been filed or fines levied by the FAA or NYPD.
> >
> > "I haven't lived here in a while but I guess I didn't realize that security was that tight," Mr. Maggio said in an interview. Security is "obviously different in the city here, in Lower Manhattan, and I didn't take that into account."
> >
> > Mr. Maggio, who grew up on Staten Island and returned to the East Coast after 14 years in San Diego, said that while he flew low, he followed all regulations and videotaped the three-hour flight starting with his takeoff from Ellington, Conn., at sunrise. Mr. Maggio said that police viewed the video, saw that "they weren't terrorism videos," and released him.
> >
> > The flight was in an Apollo Aircraft Inc. Monsoon, which has a 100-horsepower engine and is steered by shifting weight, according to Mr. Maggio. Police said that Mr. Maggio and the aircraft are licensed.
> >
> > "This morning was absolutely gorgeous," Mr. Maggio said. "It was dead calm. The sun was up. It was bright."
> >
> > Still, he said he didn't take into account heightened security, including that there might be extra concerns due to the Memorial Day weekend.
> >
> > "They just told me to follow them in," said Mr. Maggio about his radio contact with the police helicopter. "It was a unique morning."
> >
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703406604575278840181561192.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
> >
> > I don't know what would make anyone think that buzzing a national monument and on top of that on Labor Day would be a good idea. I guess he is lucky if they don't at the least fine him regardless of his intentions.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
> >
>
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