Recent content by planeman16

...but of course I would always respect their wishes and follow their process because it's the right thing to do.

If the monument is 560' technically you can fly at 960' ie 400' above the structure but you cannot fly at 960' in that area because class E airspace starts at 700' AGL. There are no airports that I see within 5 miles. Again you have to look at current aeronautical charts. You can download...

I think the restrictions are more because they don't want a ton of people standing around flying drones around the park. Plus the noise would probably become a factor and you would have all the improper drone pilots there as well. As for National Parks if you look at sectional aviation charts...

Some more wording from NPS. The NPS has the authority to regulate or prohibit the use of unmanned aircraft from or on lands and waters administered by the NPS. As a result, the compendium closures required by the Policy Memorandum only apply to launching, landing, or operating unmanned...

You could operate it outside of the park. Flying over does not mean you are operating it in the park.

As long as you don't take off, land, or operate you drone from within the parks this includes the National Parks you can fly your drone over it. There are very few parks that the FAA has place flight restrictions at. This is actually mention right in the National Park Service memorandum To...