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So I'm currently visiting relatives in Louisville, KY for Thanksgiving. They live in a beautifully wooded area so I brought my MPP with me. They are just barely within the Class D airspace around Bowman Field, so for the first time ever I signed up to get a LAANC authorization. I first checked B4UFLY and verified the area requires authorization and has a maximum AGL of 100'. I then installed the KittyHawk app, signed up for an account, and proceeded to request a LAANC authorization. At that point I was stopped dead in my tracks because, according to the KittyHawk database, the maximum AGL in this area is 10', not the 100' reported by B4UFLY. Now I heard somewhere that KittyHawk had taken over the B4UFLY app, so you'd assume that both would be using the same database, but clearly that is not the case.
So I bailed on KittyHawk and installed AirMap, whichshowed the correct 100' AGL and submitted my request with no problems. The FAA approved it within about 5 seconds and I was cleared for takeoff.
AirMap 1, KittyHawk 0.


So I bailed on KittyHawk and installed AirMap, whichshowed the correct 100' AGL and submitted my request with no problems. The FAA approved it within about 5 seconds and I was cleared for takeoff.
AirMap 1, KittyHawk 0.



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