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Old 10-23-2011, 10:16 PM   #1
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The pilot may have nothing to do with the area. He probably had someone on board that made him take that flight plan. Friend/Family in the jumpseat. As long as he maintained the elevation required, not shit you can do about it.

Seems like yall are getting butthurt over nothing.
Or, he could report it and see what pans out.
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Old 10-24-2011, 12:08 AM   #2
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The pilot may have nothing to do with the area. He probably had someone on board that made him take that flight plan. Friend/Family in the jumpseat. As long as he maintained the elevation required, not shit you can do about it.

Seems like yall are getting butthurt over nothing.
I doubt that 200 ft (if true) over a residential area is acceptable.
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Old 10-24-2011, 09:21 AM   #3
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Seems like yall are getting butthurt over nothing.
Your welcome to your opinion; seeing how you weren't there, don't really care what you think - will see what pans out.
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:00 AM   #4
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His home address on his registration is nowhere near our area.
could have been a rental.

also could have been CAP looking for pot
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:27 AM   #5
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could have been a rental.

also could have been CAP looking for pot
I think a lot of the planes up in the air are rentals.

Also could have been power/gas/etc checking on their lines. Or DEA looking for pot.

I don't live far off from the flight path to PDK (2nd busiest airport behind hartsfield-jackson-(insert politician name)-atlanta airport) and the jet noise doesn't even bother me. Only plane I really hear is a biplane that I see so much I memorized the tail number. Also a WW2 B-17 bomber that sounds so damn sexy whenever it flies to PDK about once or twice a year. It is a loud beast that must have been horrifying back in WW2 with 1000s of them coming down on you. Sounds sexy to me.
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Old 10-23-2011, 08:27 PM   #6
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LOL you don't need to drop that low to take photos of your property.
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Old 10-23-2011, 08:39 PM   #7
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Or it was the CIA checking to see if everyone had on their tinfoil hars
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LOL you don't need to drop that low to take photos of your property.

Like I said, they were checking on him. I wouldnt worry too much, they are checking on you too.
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Old 10-23-2011, 11:16 PM   #8
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Get out the pitch forks.

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Old 10-24-2011, 12:47 AM   #9
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http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...ia/nlowfly.pdf

Guessing a cul de sac doesn't count as a congested area, so 500 feet above ground is the minimum. That said, a plane can be above 500 feet and still look pretty low.

After reading it again, it might have been a student (or instructor with student) picking a bad place to practice an engine out simulation.
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Old 11-09-2011, 10:28 AM   #10
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So planes flying low crash harder and more dangerously than planes flying high?
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