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[Kazegami]

Pretty sure it's illegal.

[duffys tavern]

Yea, I'm sure most of us would.

[Roger Smith]

Yea, I'm sure most of us would.

no doubt the Screenshots thread would be full of us flying under the bridge within minutes after a download link comes out. 

[Pursuivant]

Pretty sure it's illegal.

It is now. There's no specific rule saying you can't fly under a bridge, but there is an FAA rule saying that you can't fly below 500 feet except over open water, and even then you must keep at least 500' of distance from "person, vessel, vehicle, or structure." Given the congestion of the SF area, you're probably also going to be limited to a minimum altitude of "an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft."

There might also be restrictions due to the presence of airports, heliports, etc. And, formerly, when there were military bases in the area, and Alcatraz was a prison, there might have been further flight restrictions.

That said, the rules for helicopters are apparently different. See here:

 

Also, way back when, the rules were different:

  http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-11-03/business/17401004_1_clippers-treasure-island-global-flight


And, just to show you that even the pros don't mind breaking the rules when they're flying a simulator:

 

[Pursuivant]

Sorry, Pursuivant... But for once I will not give a s*it to rules, laws and other legal amenities...

I have a feeling that during WW2 a lot of pilots felt the way that you do. During the war there were a lot of airfields in the area, one just across the bay from the Golden Gate. For hundreds of guys in their late teens to early 20s, just out of flight school, equipped with state of the art flying machines, the temptation would have just been too much.

I bet that the Army brass had observers stationed along the Presidio battery just to get the serial numbers of the planes that tried it.

[Cracken]

Me thinks this project is as dead as a doornail. What a pity.

[coenoo1]

It would be nice to have this map. So we can have US based training missions for the new jets of some sort.

[Phoenix9491]

Any updates with this map?

[352nd_Hoss]

In honor of the movie 1941 we need an LA, Santa Monica Pier Map.................................... Horrrrrrrriiiiiwwooooooooooooodd.......................................





Where Horrriwood?   

Hoss

[BravoFxTrt]

Iv Surfed at Santa Monica Pier before way back in my younger years, Cool place lots of Hot Cali Girls there.

[Kopfdorfer]

Good luck with this map. Very challenging idea.
It will be a blast to fly over.
I haven't heard anyone mention Alcatraz!


Very much looking forward to this map.

Kopfdorfer

[SAS~Boomer]

Watch out for the Sharks....