03-22-2013, 03:42 AM
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Originally posted by MarkP
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Originally posted by SBH
Wife can't lay out naked by the pool, I can't bend over gardening while only wearing a thong (just kidding).
This is difficult to word properly. I am not saying that a helicopter overhead is not a privacy issue. However, the comments above are not factual. From several hundred feet no one can see your thong. They can't even determine whether you are naked or not. I know that your privacy is still compromised but comments such as these are not useful. They tend to alienate people such as myself.
If the helicopters "always" flew at least "several hundred feet" AGL, noise and privacy would be less of an issue.
Reality: they fly where they want, as low as they want, and there is no enforcement of the "minimum ceiling" (1500 feet per FAA).
It's not just helicopers, either; I've seen small fixed-wing craft do this as well.