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The father of a Westwood Regional High School student, who was piloting the Cessna 172S will be charged with a fourth-degree crime for violating state aviation codes (www.northjersey.com) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
With proper notice and clean-up (Biodegradable TP) I see no issue or problem here. AOPA appears to indorse this activity.http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/June/1/Technique-Mischief-with-a-purpose
Sec. 91.15 — Dropping objects. "However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property." It doesn't seem that toilet paper could cause damage or injury. Wonder what his altitude was...
State aviation codes? I thought FARs/AIMs took precedence?
I don't understand why he would do choose to "practice" something like this over an athletic field that was populated with people at the time. He was just asking for trouble. Of course people are going to worry about their safety. Toilet paper is biodegradable, why not go out to some farm field in the middle of no where and practice this stuff. Toilet paper and airplanes can be fun, but only when proper safety precautions are taken. Personally, to have fun I take rolls of toilet paper up in my airplane, toss them out the window, and proceed to cut them with the airplane as each streams to the ground. It is loads of fun, but done at a safe altitude and always over rural areas. I think he should have thought this through a little more.
This guy had good intentions and at no point compromised safety. Unfortunately he is among many other pilots who are complacent with aviation and how much of the general public don't understand it. To a pilot this is a benign maneuver of a point. To a soccer mom this is the second coming of Al Queida. If he was hurling pumpkins out of his plane for Halloween, then i may be a little concerned.
I bet the Texas States Attorney or anyone else involved is not going to live this one down in the office or with buddies. Instead of pass me the grey paupon it's going to be more like, "Hey, can you pass me the Charmin."
Seriously, not good judgement on Dad's part, but fine the pilot flying (making bad judegment call) and make a note on his record, but not in TP.
We (Texas and the US) have more important issues to focus and spend money on, and this is not one of them.
Seriously, not good judgement on Dad's part, but fine the pilot flying (making bad judegment call) and make a note on his record, but not in TP.
We (Texas and the US) have more important issues to focus and spend money on, and this is not one of them.