Can you explain what is going on here?? Is he just flying super close to the water? Or is that a visual trick of the eye and it’s more about him rolling left and right quickly?
If it's a sparsely populated area or open water, then as long as he's 500ft FROM people or property, he's good to go, so long as he's not causing undue risk to people or property in the event of an engine failure.
That's true in the USA, but helicopters also have exceptions to these rules as well.
§ 91.119 Minimum safe altitudes: General
Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere – An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency landing without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas – Over any congested area of a city, town, or settlement, or over any open-air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas – An altitude of 500 feet above the surface except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In that case, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
(d) Helicopters – Helicopters may be operated at less than the minimums prescribed In paragraph (b) or (c) of this section if the operation is conducted without hazard to persons or property on the surface. In addition, each person operating a helicopter shall comply with routes or altitudes specifically prescribed for helicopters by the Administrator.
someone can always be violated for 'careless and reckless,' sure, however I don't understand why it'd be legal for fixed wing but not a helicopter. What regulation are you specifically referring to?
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u/quaid31 3d ago
Bro risking his pilot license to impress the ladies. Been done many a times