by Jeff Goin | Oct 23, 2020 | 08: the Law, Recent
Related: Who Owns the Air | Pilot Gets Criminal Violation for Flying OVER Park | Arrested Pilot: Law Enforcement Run Amok A Maricopa county judge completely missed the mark and convicted paramotor pilot Taylor Siljander of violating a county park rule. Taylor, a PHX...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 22, 2020 | 08: the Law, 10: Flying Anywhere, Recent
I get emails. This one concerned flying under power lines or bridges, so I’ll offer up my pair of pennies. There are two common questions: Is it legal? And is it safe? As usual, it depends. One thing: if it looks dangerous to you, it is! Does that opening, in...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 21, 2020 | 08: the Law, 09: Airspace, Recent
See related article Who Owns the Air | Law Enforcement Run Amok | When Judges Get it Wrong In October, 2020, A Phoenix area pilot, Joshua Stanaland, was cited for flying his paramotor OVER a park in Arizona. I was tagged on a social media post, and after looking at...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 15, 2020 | 09: Airspace, Recent
Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR’s) are off-limits airspace. They carry degrees of repercussion, all the way up to getting shot if you blunder in, especially towards what the TFR is protecting. Don’t fly in TFR’s. But where are they? Finding...
by Jeff Goin | Oct 14, 2020 | 16: Precision Flying, Recent
I recently flew my Ozone Viper 4 18m and hooked up the speedbar, something I don’t do very often. Turns out there was a 15-18 mph wind only 500 feet up and I was able to go stationary by pointing straight into it. With GPS speed displayed on my phone, I eased...
