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Uswyjer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1091 times:

Found this story to be quite amusing:
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=2362870
I wonder what the charge was, illegal parking? public disturbance?
Smile

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Bill142 From Australia, joined Aug 2004, 8320 posts, RR: 9
Reply 1, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1072 times:

lol $75... makes you wonder if it was really worth going out there and giving him the ticket...

Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 1058 times:

I'd get AOPA all over this one....How can the city tell someone they can't have an aircraft on their own property?

Last year 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.

Qxeguy From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 81 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1035 times:

An aquaintance of mine is the pilot of a local news helicopter. He regularly 'commutes' and lands in his back yard. His biggest pet peeve is the question "Do you have a pad?"...YOU DONT NEED A PAD TO LAND! EVERYBODY THINKS YOU NEED A PAD!!. That was his answer to me when I asked him this question. Apparantly the law reads something like you can land anywhere it doesn't cause a hazard to persons or property or where it is not expressly prohibited to land. I am bracing myself for angry a.net clarifications to this.

I fly boxes. Boxes don't bitch. Boxes don't barf. Boxes don't get drunk and do a number 2 on the beverage cart.

ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3362 posts, RR: 16
Reply 4, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1011 times:

I know of an airliners.nettter that this happened to last week..... muhahaha.

Check your bags, check your brain.

PNEPilot From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 996 times:

I beleieve Connecticut State law prohibits any aircraft from landing anywhere but an airport except in an emergency. Many other states have similar laws.

JBirdAV8r From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 4459 posts, RR: 22
Reply 6, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 988 times:

I know of an airliners.nettter that this happened to last week..... muhahaha.

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There was no ticket involved...just a $10,000 prop...and, as I'm sure you are aware, the loss of my beloved nose wheel pant... Sad

I got my head checked--by a jumbo jet

Mizzou65201 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 195 posts, RR: 0
Reply 7, posted (8 years 7 months 4 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 981 times:

Zoning would play a role here. You could pretty easily make the case that helicopter ops are far outside the scope in single-family residential zoning, assuming this area is sort of "standard" suburbia. If you were out in the middle of nowhere in Texas or Utah, like on a big ranch, wouldn't be an issue (but those areas probably don't have much zoning either.)

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