Recent content by ascension

The FAA says you should contact every airport, and their definition of an airport is grossly exaggerated. It is a senseless and ridiculous requirement, in my view. Still, a requirement. I don't bother. I am 107 and a career airline pilot, and very familiar with airspace and potential conflicts...

The New York Terminal Control Area does not use Unicom or CTAF. It is one of the busiest areas in the world.

I cannot answer that. I am a retired airline pilot, and extremely familiar with airspace. I am also a 107 operator of a Mavic. I have no issues with getting FAA approval and operating my drone legally. I am totally ignorant of the peripheral industries and apps that have infiltrated this...

You don't "need" that unless you are a manned aircraft, in which case you would also need a clearance. What you need is FAA approval, and that is done by contacting them.

DJI doesn't have the authority to allow you to fly in Class B. That's an FAA thing, so you have to get approval from them.

You are class B airspace in the NY Terminal Control Area. It is controlled from the ground up.

Have you looked at a sectional to see if the area of concern is in special use airspace or a VR/IR training route? I'd be reluctant to call anybody a cowboy until I had done the research, as done in a follow up post. Not say it doesn't happen, but the airmen in our services have rules to abide...

You are indeed inside the controlled airspace from Gwynn airport. If a tower is operating, you need to contact them, and the controlled airspace where your arrow ends begins at the surface. During times when it is not operating, it begins at 700' agl. Your best bet is to contact them and...

Just to avoid confusion, they are victor airways.

I sincerely hope that those who post here realize that their opinions about these matters have no more credibility than anyone else's views on this matter.

I've always found this interest in using FAA symbology as an extreme form of "look at me now" insecurity. Goofy and ridiculous vests. FAA logos etc. I've never seen an airplane pilot do such a thing, or even consider it. Just an interesting sidebar to drone operators.

I have no doubt that it is possible to flip a drone in wake turbulence. In fact is is quite likely. The point I made was that such turbulence does not exist on the side of the aircraft, and that claim comes up often in this site. By the way, I am quite familiar with wake turbulence separation...

I don't need to check my data again. The winds at EWR and Teterboro were under 10 knots. Further, what I said was that being "around Teterboro in class B" which it cetainly would be if at 3500'. Class B starts at 1800 there, and an airliner or drone would be in Class B if at 3500'. Thus my...

The vortex is created and propagates behind and under the wing, and to a minor extent laterally, but always low and behind. It does not extend laterally anywhere near perpendicular. I've flown in a few myself. Turbulence when flying abeam would exist for an F-18 as for an airliner. That is why...

That turbulence only exists behind an airplane, not to the side. Thus, the ability to fly "welded wing" in airshows and other demonstrations, done countless times.