Re: Fw: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Digest Number 2325

You can read the whole rule making process history if you'd like here

http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/recently_published/media/2009-27539_PI.pdf

People have been flying around statue of Liberty in the exclusion area for years. I am not a New Yorker but I know that much.

To quote from the above rulemaking link:

Pilots can transit the Hudson River Exclusion/SFRA in the airspace from
1,000 feet MSL up to, but not including, 1,300 feet MSL. Pilots transiting the area
shall not descend below 1,000 feet MSL. Pilots are advised not to climb or
descend or make significant heading changes. However, this does not preclude
pilots from taking action as needed to avoid other aircraft. It is the FAA's
intention to reserve the altitudes from 1,000 feet MSL up to but not including
1,300 feet MSL for those aircraft transiting the area without having to obtain a
Class B airspace clearance.
..

Pilots -conducting local area operations- should operate below 1,000 feet
MSL while in the SFRA, and they must follow other pertinent regulations (e.g.,
minimum safe altitudes, visibility and cloud clearance requirements, and see and
avoid). Pilots must also be aware that, while operating in this dynamic
environment below 1,000 feet MSL, they should expect to encounter aircraft that
are climbing, descending, transitioning to land, making significant heading
changes or operating at very slow airspeeds. Since -local helicopter tour operators
fly an irregular pattern near the Statue of Liberty at approximately 500 feet-, other
pilots intending to circle the Statue of Liberty in the Exclusion are advised to do
so at the highest practical altitude below 1,000 feet MSL.

Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "bob mcdonagh" <airpark@...> wrote:
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> Light-Sport Aircraft & Sport Pilot
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bob mcdonagh
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> Cc: bob mcdonagh
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 9:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Digest Number 2325
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>
> What rules are you quoting that made it okay to fly around the 'Lady;? I've flown that area a few times. And we were always under Air Traffic Control's communications and directions.
>
> We recently had a plane and helicopter collide in that Hudson River area. Yes, a few UL type aircraft have done some flying in that area. But, most had enough sense to have a radio and communicate with ATC.
>
> This was dumb and stupid. And will lead - to more control over all of us - even the ones that have followed the rules. Bob McDonagh
>

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