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Re:Thursday night Mountain View power outage the result of a... by arnarbi on Saturday June 10, 2017 @04:34PM (#14529083)
You are talking about part 107 operations. I was talking about part 101. You can fly in any airspace (because as a hobbyist you're not expected to know airspaces). But you must notify airports within 5 miles, which has nothing to do with airspace.

> Calling the local tower/airport as a hobbyist is a bad idea.

Please do the spread misinformation like that. You can be perfectly safe if you follow the rules even within the 5 mile radius.

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Re:Thursday night Mountain View power outage the result of a... by abakker on Sunday June 11, 2017 @06:21PM (#14534115)
Apologies. My mistake. At multiple time during part 107 training they told us not to bug ATC. I didn't realize that the hobbyist restrictions indicated differently.
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Re:Thursday night Mountain View power outage the result of a... by arnarbi on Monday June 12, 2017 @12:55PM (#14538766)
Ah, I'm sorry for the tone in my comment.

Btw even as 107 certified, you can still always opt to operate a flight as a hobbyist, as long as you meet the 101 criteria (non-commercial, LOS, etc.)

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