Hello Kirk,
>Next time you buy a sectional (map for you nonpilots) I suggest you give it a >closer glance. The last one I bought was >Montana and there is a lot of airspace with a 10,000 minimum altitude. And what class airspace is that? There are areas out west where class G goes from the surface up to 14,499' MSL. Although it is more typical for Class G uncontrolled airspace to go from the surface to the floor of the overlying airspace which is in most cases Class E (Controlled) at either 700' AGL or 1,200' AGL. And the Class E airspace going up to either the floor of an overlying airspace or 17,999' MSL. And since you are a pilot you know that although class E is technically a controlled airspace, it hardly seems as it where as provided the weather meets VFR minimums you can fly around in Class E airspace without ever communicating with anyone as long as you stay outside of the Mode C ring of Class B airspace. Hardly what could be considered controlled in comparison To class A,B,C or even D airspace. >Guess they don't want people disturbing the animals. :) Flights over national parks, wildlife preserves etc are marked on the sectional and specify either on the chart or in the legend the altitude AGL for flying over these areas. Normally 200' AGL. >Then there is military space. Some of those can get you an escort. So the West >isn't all that open. MOA's (or military operational areas) can be entered at will and at your own risk I might add. CFA's (Controlled Firing Areas) are another military area that can be entered at will and at your own risk. And then there are Alert Areas such as the one surrounding the U.S. Air Force academy Colorado Springs. These areas identify intensive aircraft activities such as student pilot training but I can still enter them at will and at risk. Non of these areas will get me a hostile escort or into any legal trouble if I were to so choose to fly through them. (I choose not to unless I have an emergency situation). Restricted Airspace such as that over nuclear power plants, prohibited areas such as the white house, and TFR's (Temporary Flight Restrictions) for when the President comes to town will most definitely get you a hostile military escort and loads of legal problems. >As for unlicenced radio I suggest you talk to your local FCC agent before you >get part of your anatomy in the wringer. >Anything over 100mW HAS to have a licenced operator to be legal. I don't know >the full terms of CB or FRS but I bet a permit >is involved there too. I assumed (how foolish of me) that since you used several references to flying and in the same sentence as your comment about requiring a license to operate a radio, that you were referring to aircraft communications. Of which I do not need a license to operate within the boarders of the U.S. As far as ground based radio communications go...I'll simply concede a I know that there are some licenses required but this was not very clear from your original post. >Barnstorming was buzzing barns and pulling up to clear phone lines. 1500 feet >above a barn is hardly a buzz. Clarified. Although...you can fly right over the surface of a lake provided its not a national park. Safe flying Kirk, and Best wishes, Tim BTW I am a licensed pilot as well. Kirk Tim Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Kirk, >Airspace is controlled. As a pilot I can tell you that although most of the US east of the Mississippi River is Class E and above (controlled) airspace it is a reverse proportion west of the Mississippi River. Where most of the airspace is Class G or uncontrolled. >The barnstorming open air biplane days are gone Not so again Kirk. I can perform aerobatic maneuvers between 1500' AGL in class G (uncontrolled) and class E (controlled airspace up to 14,499' MSL. >just like radio emissions without a license. Not so again Kirk. I can fly anywhere in the US without a radio license. I don't even have to have a radio in the plan to fly in Class G and Class E airspace. > There are places where the winds blow almost always, such as the continental > divide in central Wyoming. They are even >windier at altitude. The gyro field could be marked with strobes and a beacon. >Also the gyros would probably not be at >jetliner altitude and even if they were they could be no-fly zones just like a >lot of areas already are. >Kirk With the advent of the new pilot classification "Sport Pilot" where you not even required to pass a medical exam it is anticipated that the skies above will be much more active with these new pilots. Creating more restricted airspace will face a great battle from the aviation lobbyist who do posses a great deal of influence with the US Government. However, in the areas that maintain constant high winds are of little to no interest to most pilots and would present some opportunities for such restricted airspace without much protest from the lobbyist. Best Wishes, Tim _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Better first dates. More second dates. Yahoo! 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