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Old 2nd Aug 2009, 23:34
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Personally I would hesitate to fly over a rocky coastline at 45 feet at 140 knots.
Then don't do it.
Particularly as you've only held a PPL for less than a year.
(I wouldn't either, BTW.)

"rocky coastline at 45 feet at 140 knots" ?
You've merged two different photographs taken at different locations and with different camera settings.
The "over a rocky coastline" pic was taken with some zoom, making things appear closer to the aircraft than they really were.
The "45 feet at 140 kts" pic was taken while flying along '16 Mile Beach' - SA's longest uninterrupted sandy beach. The part where the picture was taken was completely deserted. We didn't fly the entire 16 miles at 45 feet.

Sharks??
We each make our own decisions about what risks we are (or are not) prepared to accept.
My companion, a local professional pilot (and FI), was happy at all times with what we did. If he hadn't been I wouldn't have done it.

Anyway, back to the topic. The pics were suggestions for flights from CT in response to a request, not suggestions about how the poster asking (or anyone else) should fly.

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