Hafast wrote:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50447999-76/national-park-axelsen-mcginn.html.csp

once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:

Hafast wrote:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50447999-76/national-park-axelsen-mcginn.html.csp

Yeah, we saw it the first time (#2 above.)

It is as full of crap now as the first time it was posted.

qmdv wrote:

once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:

Hafast wrote:http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50447999-76/national-park-axelsen-mcginn.html.csp

Yeah, we saw it the first time (#2 above.)

It is as full of crap now as the first time it was posted.

Yep. Cannot imagine a piss fir ever doing anything like that. Or for that matter a highway patrolman speeding.

Tim

nmflyguy wrote:

once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:Utah has one of the toughest aircraft hunting regs I've seen. Basically the entire hunting season is closed to flying low and slow regardless if you are hunting that period of time or not or what you are looking at. Neither can you use your plane to fly into an area to begin your hunt or to fly home with your meat. Total crap if you ask me though I certainly support restrictions against harassment or same day airborne.

Laurie and Brent certainly knew the regs having worked in Utah for a while. Truth is no one will ever know what they were doing...Brent's girlfriend supposedly said they were looking for access routes for a camp but who knows.

Edit: having done my fair share of flying low and slow during hunting season here and elsewhere, in both helicopters and fixed wings, I can tell you that moose, caribou and elk generally don't budge until you are practically landing on top of them. Muleys and whitetail are a bit more skittish.

Seems to me that States don't have the legal right to regulate the use of aircraft under our constitution and the Supremacy clause, period ... no matter what the law supposes is the aviator's intent. The sole authority to regulate the use of aircraft in the United States of America is the FAA, period. That several states may have such laws on their books, under the guise of regulating fish and game, does not mean they are constitutionally legal if they violate the Supremacy clause of the US Constitution. More than likely, they have not yet been subjected to a constitutional challenge ... but perhaps any constitutional scholars who fly backcountry airplanes can correct me on this point.

courierguy wrote:The last week or so I have noticed a lot of people in areas I usually never see anyone. They are wearing orange, and appear to be heavily armed.
I keep my distance, and have had to break off some approachs on some ridge top landing areas because of these people. Can the FAA help me?