LOL, I wasn't taking it that way, I was just saying what the typical light plane is constrained to by the FAA is all, and the leeway the pilot may have. I'd like nothing more for it to be a REAL flying saucer! :) I wish I had seen it... When we lived in North Ogden up on the benches, we used to see a lot of different aircraft appearing to be flying right towards our bedroom window. Everything from ultra lights to F15's and 16's flying around, especially when the air shows were going on at Hill AFB. -Barrett -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 8:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] UFO Emergency and police aircraft have an exemption to altitude limits over populated areas, as well as off-field landings. I wasn't disputing Joan's assertion that what she saw was not a helicopter, I just wanted to point-out that her claim of low altitude, by itself, was not ipso facto proof that it wasn't. On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:16 PM, BWFlowers <BWFlowers@comcast.net> wrote:
500 to 1000 feet AGL (Above Ground Level) is the minimum altitudes for aircraft, population dependant. In an area like this when the ground under the plane isn't flat, pilots have a hard time maintaining that exact min. altitude. There is also Class B airspace from 7,000 to 10,000 ft ASL (above sea level) for the bigger jets that are going into SLC International, so smaller aircraft have to stay below the 7,000 ft ASL. In this area that typically gives pilots about a 1,000 foot discretional altitude to stay within. The farther south you are of SLI airport, the more that changes, generally speaking. SO- the 500 to 1000 ft AGL would be about right for light aircraft. -Barrett www.FallenStarHunters.com <http://www.fallenstarhunters.com/> www.BarrettsCustomLeather.com <http://www.barrettscustomleather.com/>
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of CenturyLink Customer Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 12:49 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] UFO
Hard to judge those things at night without a frame of reference. The "low altitude" is also difficult to judge. My home is on a lower bench so looking directly west from the back door, the view is already higher than the valley floor. Thinking back, I wasn't looking "up,", but almost "straight ahead." Based on that, a guess of an altiude between 500 and 1000 feet is reasonable.
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