I expect this is perfectly normal procedure, we have NOTAM’s issued restricting the airspace for light planes and drones for everything from bicycle races to firework displays and when dignitaries visit.
Living and operating most of the time in an urban area and on a VFR site seeing route, we get fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft flying over us all the time, most of the time at their min alt. Helicopters operate at a min alt of 500’ AGL in...
My point was that you don’t need an SFOC as long as you remain 100’ away from the public event (the perimeter fence or whatever delimits the event) its perfectly legal (provide all else is legal). And if you apply for an SFOC they’ll almost...