<div dir="ltr">The 400 foot rule used to be vague and open to the interpretation that it applied only within 3 miles of an airport. The current interpretation document eliminates the vagueness and not in our favor!<div><br>
</div><div>Peter+</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Larry and Eileen via NSRCA-discussion <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The 400 ft. rule is not new, and everyone one in R/C has violated the rule at some point in time. If enforced, the limit will put an end to aerotowing, and most gliding as well. It’s never been an issue, because no one ever enforced the limit.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Larry Fitch<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> NSRCA-discussion [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stuart Chale via NSRCA-discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> Robert L. Beaubien; General pattern discussion</span></p><div class=""><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FAA Rules<u></u><u></u></div><p></p></div></div>
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We could not fly with a 400 foot limit either. Patterns would have to change, planes probably even slower or smaller.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">On 6/24/2014 2:34 PM, Robert L. Beaubien via NSRCA-discussion wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Actually it is 303m or 994 ft at 175m.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> NSRCA-discussion [<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Duane Beck via NSRCA-discussion<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 24, 2014 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Patrick Harris; General pattern discussion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FAA Rules</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p>
<div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Top of a 60 degree box at 175 meters out is almost 500'</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Duane</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"Patrick Harris via NSRCA-discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
<b>To: </b>"Peter Vogel" <<a href="mailto:vogel.peter@gmail.com" target="_blank">vogel.peter@gmail.com</a>>, "General pattern discussion" <<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 24, 2014 2:20:47 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NSRCA-discussion] FAA Rules</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The IMAC boys will have a cow over the 400 foot rule. </span><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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