Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
I was beginning to wonder if there was a more restrictive, new minimum altitude rule for banner towing, but I’d certainly never heard of one.
The “1500 foot rule” is long gone, UK came in line with ICAO rules some years ago.
The other rule about avoiding gatherings of over 1,000 people by 1,000 metres is not altitude related, it’s lateral separation! The clue is that in UK, height / altitude is measured in feet, lateral distance is in metres.
Ah I see. This will be added to the stuff I must re-learn if I start PPL flying again once the kids leave home and the mortgage is paid off.
It appears the CAA literature I used yonks ago is misleading! The picture I have taken below of my Trevor Thom manual clearly states 1000m vertical and slant range from an open air gathering. So this height appears to be in metres:
