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Hauptmann reacted to GadgetGuy's post in the thread Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle? with
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So we still don't know what the federal height limit is for aircraft clearance and how it is measured. Anyone? That palm trees are not native to CA, and do not support the city's climate action goals apparently means that all palm trees all... -
Hauptmann reacted to anotherlab's post in the thread Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle? with Like.
For what it's worth, the couple that filed the lawsuit did not dispute the federal height limit; they based their claim that removing the trees would violate the California Environmental Quality Act. The city had made this statement to local...
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Hauptmann reacted to hank970's post in the thread Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle? with Like.
I like trees, but if I lived beneath a major airport's flight path, I think I'd be more concerned about constant noise than the fate of a few trees. I wouldn't want to live downwind of pig or chicken farm either.
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Hauptmann reacted to GadgetGuy's post in the thread Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle? with Like.
Thank you for the correction. Whether or not the trees needed to come down and the homeowners displeasure with their removal is the takeaway. I thought I had read that many concerned citizens were unaware of the intent to remove the trees until...
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Hauptmann reacted to anotherlab's post in the thread Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle? with Like.
That's not even close to how it happened. The FAA and the San Diego Airport Authority requested that the city of San Diego remove 20 trees because their height exceeded the safety limit as required by federal law. They followed due process, and...