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tsunami
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 Posted - 09/09/2010 : 04:51:08 AM
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I was at Solair in CT this past weekend and noticed several low flying general aviation aircraft circling the resort obviously gawking. I work in the aviation field and know the FAR altitude requirements for visual flight. I felt that these pilots were nothing but gawkers and felt uncomfortable and like I was on display. This is my first year as a nudist and was wondering if this is an issue at resorts and beaches and how nudist handle it.
The resort is really out in the country and the closest airport was over 5 miles away so low altitude visual flight wasnt necessary over the resort. And they were very low and circling the facility.
Has anyone every encountered this and how do you feel about it or handle it?
Laurie
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Toothpick
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Posted - 09/10/2010 : 8:31:47 PM
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Funny I should come across this post.
That happened to me at a C/O beach near Port Burwell, couple weeks ago. Although the plane was flying low, It was flying in a straight line towards the west side of the beach and I don't recall any airports nearby. Being a guy, it didn't bother me too much. But really, it seems immature act to try and see a fleeting glimpse of nudists.
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go n nude
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Posted - 09/10/2010 : 9:04:50 PM
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ignore the emotionally immature, Toronto's clothes optional beach sits next to City center airport, hundreds of small and large planes fly over it daily and most careless who see's, some wave.
go n nude
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free2tannude
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Posted - 09/10/2010 : 10:20:27 PM
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If they are that far from the Airport, report them to the Federalies! I believe that aircraft have a minimum 1000 feet AGL. (above ground level), except for when landing or taking off!
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Bill Bowser
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Posted - 09/10/2010 : 11:49:17 PM
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I'd suggest that everyone who is concerned about being seen by some jerk in an aircraft take a deep breath and relax. How much do you think a moron whizzing around in an airplane a few hundred feet above the ground is going to see while ogling naturists below? My concern would be that he might not focus enough attention on control of his aircraft and fly it into the ground. Surely we have more important things to worry about.
Bill Bowser - Cincinnati
Nudists are everywhere, but they're hard to identify with their clothes on.
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free2tannude
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 03:08:15 AM
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I would not give a hoot either , except that there is a reason for this Air Regulation..... and, the excessive noise.
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Diger
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 1:04:51 PM
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Years ago when we first started skinny dipping and sunning out in our backyard, we use to run for cover when we heard a plane. LOL
That is till we figured out what Bill said, how much can they really see from up there. They may or may not even be able to tell if your nude.
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free2tannude
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 1:25:55 PM
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Total wingspan of a cessna 150 is about 24 feet. At 1000 AGL (above ground level), this plane looks small. Small enough, that I have trouble realizing that 2 people sit side by side in these, yet I used to fly them!
One wing is a little over 10 feet. If you are about 6 feet, they really can't see much.
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sunhippy
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 10:13:23 PM
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This is pretty funny - the beach that I go to is quite popular for fly overs. It seems that every time I am there at least one plane does the low flyover. Recently I visited a remote resort that is quite off of the beaten path and there was a fly-over there. I agree with what the others have said that there is not much that can be seen from up there and it is pretty childish and probably a bit expensive to gawk at us sky clad people.
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SandC
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 10:40:20 PM
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An airplane must maintain 1000' above ground level within a congested area, 500' in a sparsely populated are. Except of course for taking off and landing.
Now, having flown over nudists in the past I can tell you you can't even distinguish male and female much less specific body parts. Nothing to worry about. If they get low enough that you can see their N number, you should probably call the FAA.
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sailawaybob
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Posted - 09/11/2010 : 11:26:26 PM
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i have been to resorts that have been buzzed by private airplanes and military helicopters usually everyone waves, i always figured the coordinates were posted at the airfields of all nudist resorts in the area. the planes probably saw little the helicopters were pretty low and could probably see a lot of nude people.
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Diger
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Posted - 09/12/2010 : 12:24:59 AM
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While on the beach at Apollo and Playalinda we have seen a NASA helicopter patrol the shoreline usually before a launch. They are very low at around 100-150 ft with a guy sitting in the door. We always wave but he never waves back.
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Pat
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Posted - 09/12/2010 : 10:01:44 AM
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I have waved at the Coast Guard helicopter on South Padre Island many times & every now & then they wave back. They are looking for drug dealers & other illegals not nude old guy's like me.
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blackrebel
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Posted - 09/12/2010 : 1:10:54 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by free2tannude
Total wingspan of a cessna 150 is about 24 feet. At 1000 AGL (above ground level), this plane looks small. Small enough, that I have trouble realizing that 2 people sit side by side in these, yet I used to fly them!
One wing is a little over 10 feet. If you are about 6 feet, they really can't see much.
Wingspan is actually 33"4' on a 150 & 152. Interior is 36" wide which really is NOT a lot of room side by side (LOL). I prefer solo and I am not a big guy.
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tsunami
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Posted - 09/13/2010 : 7:55:50 PM
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I think its gawking and immature. True they probably cannot see parts and even tell gender at 300ft. But it still irks me and I feel like I am on display to the clothed public. I have seen military helos flying over Solair and it doesnt bother me. But general aviation flying circles low over a private resort is a nuisance. I like the privacy of secluded and private nudist resorts. I wonder how that pilot would feel if someone was flying circles low over their home watching what they were doing....
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prairieflya
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Posted - 09/14/2010 : 10:16:21 AM
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Our club is located on the edge of the class D airspace of the nearest airport. We get aircraft flying over fairly frequently, but it is almost impossible to tell what the intent of the pilot is..short of circling the grounds at low altitude, which I have never witnessed.
As I a pilot myself, I know that there is just too much going on in flying a plane at low altitude to be paying attention to a person or persons on the ground. The only potential gawkers I'd be concerned with would be passengers in the plane...not that this would necessarily make anybody feel better about being circled
A few years back, I flew a "mission" to photograph our club grounds, with the intention of having a photo to post in the club house. It was winter, which is a good time to get aerial photos because of the air quality and the leaves being off the trees. There was also snow on the ground.
It wasn't till I had printed and posted the picture that one of our members told me he was in it....he'd been in the hot tub, and had stepped out of the door of the enclosure to see why this plane was circling the grounds! If you look very closely at the picture, you can see a tiny tan blip at the door....4 or 5 pixels. Completely unrecognizable as a human, except that my friend knew where he was when the picture was snapped!
As far as myself in the plane, I did not see him there at all....
I stopped worrying about planes flying over after that...life is too short, I'm out to enjoy a little sunshine, I'm within my legal rights to be naked where I am ... and just maybe, the pilot is a nudist, too!
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