BillieBob,
I read it that you are granted a 'General Permission' to fly below 500ft by Para 2(a). The condition, at Para 2(b), further clarifies it to state that to exercise this permission, you must be in excess of 500ft from persons, vehicles etc, instead of having just a blanket permission to fly lower that 500ft, as the original permission in Para 2(a) states. A general permission with conditions...
Certainly confusing, and written in legalese by lawyers for simple pilots. No wonder it's a mess. Flying under a bridge is a dumb thing to do and of course, will end up giving the rest of us rich weekend hobby pilots a bad name from Joe public and the likes of the Daily Mail.
If only we had a small booklet like the Highway Code.....
