@ FD!
The relevant regulations are all in Rule 5, on
pages 235-237 of this document.
Low Flying:
5 (1)(a) An aircraft other than a helicoptor shall not fly over any congested area of a city, town or settlement below:
(ii) a height of 1500 feet above the highest fixed object within 600 metres of the aircraft.
Rule 5 (1)(c) contains a similar restriction for helicoptors - omited for brevity
Rule 5 (1)(d) contains the 1000 metre rule - omited for brevity
Rule 5 (1)(e) An aircraft shall not fly closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle or structure.
So those are the rules. The exceptions are listed below:
2(a) The provision of paragraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(c)(i) shall not apply to an aircraft flying [in certain circumstances] unless the aircraft is landing or taking off.
(In other words, they
do apply if the aircraft is landing or taking off, so 2(a) isn't relevant to us right now.)
2(d) Paragraph (1)(e) shall not apply to:
(i) any aircraft while it is landing or taking off in accordance with normal aviation practice
So this is the general exemption to the 500' rule, which applies anywhere we are landing or taking off.
The exemption to the 1500' rule for taking off and landing is contained in paragraph 4(a):
(4)(a) Subject to to paragraph (b), nothing in this rule shall prohibit any aircraft from flying in accordance with normal aviation practice, for the purpose of taking off from, landing at or practicing approaches to landing at, or checking navigation aids or procedures at, a Government aerodrome, an aerodrome owned or managed by the Authority or a licensed aerodrome in the United Kingdom or at any aerodrome in any other country.
(Paragraph (b) relates only to practice approaches.)
There is nothing other than paragraph (4)(a) which exempts you from the 1500' rule, and paragraph (4)(a) doesn't apply at unlicensed airfields.
Sorry, SSD!
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