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Bannng legimate activity

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Originally Posted by SWBKCB (Post 10820271)

But most posts aren't discussing BLK (e.g. #37 immediatley after yours). As an aside, many airfields ban banner towing because of the difficulty in integrating into other traffic (mine does), it may be that case is the straw that broke the camels back and they finally decided it was more trouble than it was worth?

Well, Biggin Hill has gone down that route, and how many 'clubs' are left now !!. The thread is under Airports Airlines and Routes. not ASBO's and Race relations.
It is quite obvious that Blackpool has acted in an unreasonable manner in this case as the ban has absolutely nothing to do with aircraft movements or lack of space.
In fact the Airport is heavily under utilised with hardly any PX flights anymore, and indeed is prob only kept open due to the Helicopter Gas field support.
Banner flying has operated from Blackpool since 1985 without any issues.
Many Airfields are owned by large groups who see themselves sitting on a real estate 'land bank' and would be pleased to develop the sites given the chance. On some fields the former hangars are now used as warehouses, and then it can be a short step to closure and 'another one bites the dust'. There is no shortage of Airfields in the country, but sadly many of them are not near enough to a centre of population to be of use.

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Originally Posted by Waltzer (Post 10820676)

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Yes it’s all changed. Quick read of the ANO will bring you up to speed. The rule is now 1000’. Check out the Gatwick GA thread in Private Flying.

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.

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Originally Posted by ShyTorque (Post 10820778)

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:
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