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From: GMPax@***.com GMPax@***.com
Subject: Fleeing the Star
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:17:21 EST
In a message dated 3/10/99 1:05:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
m0ng005e@*********.com writes:

> HMMM. Generally, you need to file a flight plan to fly anywhere near
> an airport. But low flying small aircraft often only need to file at
> their local field, and only file takeoff and landing reports. Nobody
> tracks them, as long as they stay in the right airspace. I can't see why
> this would change- the FAA might want to track every thing (and be able to
> scan a lot of sky), but the increase in airborne drones would tend to
> indicate that a lot of low flying (below 1000- 3000 feet) small craft air
> traffic is un-monitored.
> Can't advise any fixed numbers, but the guidelines for smuggling &
> flying across borders in Target: Smuggler's Havens are up to date. In
> country sensor grids would likely be weaker; take those to be the best the
> area has available, and scale them down to your needs.

One caveat: many major corporate buildings, and hospitals (etc) for that
matter, might constitute local airfields, and the airspace leading down to
them might be partially restricted. Helipads, and such, have proliferated,
AFAIK, in the Awakened World. :-) So be careful WHICH building you fly the
drones OVER, eh?

Sean
GM Pax

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