All this talk about flying around New York, Alaska, and other exciting places is making me jealous!
As far as I'm aware (ready to be corrected by our American friends) the US don't have any equivalent of Rule 5(1)(a)(i). You have to be able to land without endangering people or property, and they have a 500' rule (but plenty of very empty land where you can fly at 50' agl and still obey the 500' rule). Great fun!
FFF
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