So, if I want to fly within 5 miles of a tower controlled (hobbyist), all I have to do is notify the tower? How do you notify the "airport" and the "tower" who is the "airport"? I would like to know what the FAA,s definition of an airport is. I land on the side of mountains and glaciers. Does that mean I can't fly my drone where I land because it is now an airport? I live in an area in Alaska that has a state owned uncontrolled airport, there is nobody to notify so I just fly at will, AND just use common sense. I have flown the drones of FAA employees, and they have flown mine right in front of my hangar out over the Tarmac. once the local D.O.T. superintendent who is in charge of highway maintenance and is also called the "airport manager" because he is in charge of airport maintenance only on the airport and is also on a power trip advised me that I need to notify HIM whenever I want to fly my drone within 5 miles of the airport, which would include my property. I responded by telling him I would talk to the FAA myself about it. When I did, the FAA told me he is dead wrong, doesn't know what he's talking about and to put in writing what he said and email it to him. I didn't, not worth it.
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