Flying Over Niagara Falls

[tca]

What are the Laws /Rules for flying around / over Niagara Falls?

 

[AMann]

Have you seen the post here from the guy that did it and the FAA commented about it on his youtube video?

 

[tca]

No....I never saw that post ....do you have the link to it?

 

[sar104]

Near miss?? Comments?

mavicpilots.com

FAA investigating near-miss involving drone over Falls

FAA investigating near-miss involving drone over Falls Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a near-miss between a remote controlled drone and a helicopter captured in an online video, a spokesperson for the organization said Friday. In its first 10 seconds, the...

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[PhantomFandom]

What are the Laws /Rules for flying around / over Niagara Falls?

Generally....DON'T DO IT !!

That is very congested airspace with Niagara Falls airport on one side, Canadian airspace on the other, and tour helicopters all over. If you do take it upon yourself to fly there, you need to stay low and always be scanning the sky. Better yet, make sure you have one or two visual observers.

Legally what applies for recreational flight is:

• Do NOT fly on the Canadian side. That applies to Canadian land or the Canadian side of the river. Strictly prohibited.
  Canadian Niagara Falls Regulations
• On the USA side, you cannot fly from any New York State Park. Note that the land lining the river above and below the falls is all NY State Park. To be totally precise you cannot take off or land from within the State Park. Technically you could take off from outside the State Park but then you would not be able to keep your craft within VLOS, stay low enough (i.e. 100 feet or so) to avoid helicopters, and still get any good view of the falls.
• Being that the best view of either the Horseshoe Falls or the American Falls is from the Canadian side of the border, it really sin't feasible.
• Check out the airspace on AirMap

Sad but there really is not any good, legal, and safe way to get those great aerial shots.

 

[crlmjohnson]

No
Do not do it!!!!!!

 

[Cymruflyer]

You are not allowed to do it.

 

[MichiganMavic]

Border Patrol, New York PD, Canadian Mounties, Park Rangers.....
.....Lots of people, homes, buildings, and lots of people down Below in Boats
Take a Helicopter ride with a GoPro. I did this at the Grand Canyon

 

[Endeavor]

I wonder why they always use the term near miss when near miss is actually a collision? Near collision is the correct term. Sorry it's just a pet peeve of mine.
I am pretty sure Niagara would not be a place I would fly over.

 

[sar104]

I wonder why they always use the term near miss when near miss is actually a collision? Near collision is the correct term. Sorry it's just a pet peeve of mine.
I am pretty sure Niagara would not be a place I would fly over.

Unfortunately that's not correctly pedantic. It's called a near miss because because it is a "miss between two aircraft that were near each other", not because it is "nearly a miss".

 

[Endeavor]

So a near collision would be what? two aircrafts that were near each other and collided? No near collision is nearly collided but in fact did miss each other and a near miss is nearly missed but in fact collided.

I think I need William Barr to clarify if there was in fact collision

 

[sar104]

So a near collision would be what? two aircrafts that were near each other and collided? No near collision is nearly collided but in fact did miss each other and a near miss is nearly missed but in fact collided.

I think I need William Barr to clarify if there was in fact collision

I was not commenting on the term "near collision" – I was pointing out that you have misconstrued the meaning of the term "near" in "near miss". It doesn't mean "nearly" (which is a different word entirely), it means "close".

But if you want an opinion on "near collision" then I'd say you have made the same mistake. Near (close) and nearly (almost) have different meanings.