I've seen several things in this forum and elsewhere about flying and shooting from Treasure Island in the SF Bay. Here's an example of some cool video taken in 2017 by photojunkie: Treasure Island, San Francsico, Ca. One of my favorites..
Everyone seems to think you can fly there but I went there this past weekend and stopped at a lot of different spots but couldn't find a single "green" area in the Airmap app. Sure, it's not "red" restricted but there are still orange advisories for heliports and whatnot, which I take to mean I'm in a no-fly area unless I somehow track down and get permission from whatever heliport or other thing is causing the advisory. Is Treasure Island now subject to those restrictions but it wasn't before? Is there some special safe place on Treasure Island I didn't find? Am I wrong to assume I can't fly in orange areas without advance permission? What gives?
Thanks in advance!
Everyone seems to think you can fly there but I went there this past weekend and stopped at a lot of different spots but couldn't find a single "green" area in the Airmap app. Sure, it's not "red" restricted but there are still orange advisories for heliports and whatnot, which I take to mean I'm in a no-fly area unless I somehow track down and get permission from whatever heliport or other thing is causing the advisory. Is Treasure Island now subject to those restrictions but it wasn't before? Is there some special safe place on Treasure Island I didn't find? Am I wrong to assume I can't fly in orange areas without advance permission? What gives?
Thanks in advance!