i have lived here my whole life, and i have never once seen a plane take off from the Willamette…

[badsamurai@infosec.exchange]

@cabel Seems illegal, but Willamette is a navigable waterway and allowed under OAR. And “flying under” bridges has a loophole for take off.

But def a choice. That’s some AK bush pilot shenanigans.

[nickpegg@sfba.social]

@cabel Woooow. I don't know if there's a specific FAA reg against that, but that definitely falls under 91.13 careless and reckless operation

[nathansnelgrove@mastodon.social]

@cabel woah. Probably not good but so cool

[franceskamann@freeradical.zone]

@cabel

we live in a post government world apparently. Billionaires can do anything while the rest of us are punished for jaywalking or holding a sign.

[unlambda@hachyderm.io]

@gwhilts @cabel There are! There was a relatively well known aviation writer who had all of her certificates stripped for flying under a bridge.

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/april/22/aviation-writer-martha-lunkens-pilot-certificates-revoked

However! This pilot has found the loophole. The regulation in question forbids flying any closer than 500 feet to any structure (1000 feet in congested areas), except when necessary for takeoff and landing.

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-91/subpart-B/subject-group-ECFRe4c59b5f5506932/section-91.119

This plane was taking off, so the exception applies. Nice loophole for being able to legally fly under a bridge.

[iokevins@mastodon.social]

@cabel

N182KQ is assigned, for what it's worth (not suggesting taking action, but just documenting):

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult

[catapult@masto.hackers.town]

@cabel <Air Traffic Controller voice> "I have a phone number for you to call....."

Good grief

[louie@pdx.social]

@cabel holy smokes

[clarko@mastodon.social]

@cabel Long way from the sea, little seaplane!

[tchaddad@fosstodon.org]

@cabel someone used to keep a float plane docked at the small marina on the west side just a block north of Willamette park, and they would take off and land on that stretch all the time. The river is so much wider down there, the winds are less disrupted, and the distance between the Sellwood and Ross Island bridges is several miles, so that was waaaay less sketchy than this!

[jeffron@ohai.social]

@tchaddad @cabel Is that the St. John’s Bridge? If so that’s not too sketchy but if that’s the Steel Bridge that’s super duper sketchy

[tchaddad@fosstodon.org]

@jeffron @cabel looks like Ross Island bridge is where the clip started, and then the plane flew under the Hawthorne bridge, so much more sketch!

[fmy@piaille.fr]

@cabel Those two facts may be related. Given how close the bridges are to each other, it might be difficult to take off without such acrobatics.

[ajsnook2@mastodon.social]

@cabel Looking at his climb I feel the correct decision was made.
Dip, fly under, and awaaaay...
Avoid the more than likely mess on the side of this bridge.

[oberstkrueger@gamepad.club]

@cabel Not exactly the highest of bridges to pull that maneuver under…

[e_nomem@hachyderm.io]

@cabel Is that the Hawthorne bridge it flew under?

[drwave@mastodon.social]

@cabel Indy’s back, baby!

[labspokane@mas.to]

@iokevins @cabel This is one of the businesses registered to the owners. It speaks volumes. https://www.seattlechristadelphians.com