Re: Minimum legal height over the sea?

"PeterD" <pd.news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A Piper Tomahawk flew down Littlehampton beach this afternoon, almost
> (but not quite with my eyes) low enough to read its registration. I took
> a photo, and based on the length being 22 feet, it must have been about
> 300 feet above the sand. Is there a minimum legal height over the sea,
> or is it one of those "I was just doing very long finals" rulings?

Zero. Provided, of course, that you're 500' laterally from any boat, swimmer
etc. And of course it's a good idea to be wearing floats, just in case the
fan stops.

I've flown a Beaver at 100' above the Pacific :-)

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Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear
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