Airport and Aviation Experts - A Question (1 Viewer)

[ChiefD]

My local airport has a park located right next to the airport. The runway runs the long way so a guy could park and watch the airplanes take off and land right over their head.

The runway is about a .2 of a mile away and is down in a little valley. So the parking lot literally backs up to the fence of the airport property.

Would it be illegal to wave a flag in that parking lot to get the attention of someone riding in an airplane that's landing?




Asking for a friend.........

 

[El Floppo]

**BREAKING NEWS**
Moron with flag causes airplane crash. News to follow.

 

[Scoresman]

Isn't this what those laser pointers are for? Aim at the cockpit.*













* Don't do this.

 

[ChiefD]

**BREAKING NEWS**
Moron with flag causes airplane crash. News to follow.

The funny thing is whenever a plane actually crashes and someone posts about it there are 237 pages of "aviation experts" around here dissecting every aspect of the crash.

A guy I know wants to wave a flag at an airport and.........crickets..........

 

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[Skipdog77]

Looking forward to your friend's posts from prison.

 

[Snoopy]

Looking forward to your friend's posts from prison.

Is Puddy the friend going to jail?

 

[titusbramble]

I would like to think that by the point said person sees that flag, they will know they are landing, what with the flight crew having indicated they are landing a lot earlier and then being maybe 2-300 feet off the ground at the time

 

[belljr]

Do you think pilots generally use guys waving flags as landing markers?

 

[AAABatteries]

Just do it - what’s the worst that could happen?

 

[nightmare]

Flag? USA flag? Pride flag? Pow/mia flag?

Chances are they don't see you.

People getting off airplanes are only interested in getting into the terminal and leaving.

 

[ChiefD]

Chiefs flag.


So I’ve been told.

 

[Hastur]

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

 

[nirad3]

Just catching up here. LOL @ Puddy.

Nice, @ChiefD

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

Or non-existant. As long as they aren't on the airport's property, it just isn't important at all.

 

[The Gator]

**BREAKING NEWS**
Moron with flag causes airplane crash. News to follow.

 

[-fish-]

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

Or non-existant. As long as they aren't on the airport's property, it just isn't important at all.

My nephew ended up on the no-fly list for photographing planes taking off from an adjacent vacant lot. He was a pilot and photographer.

This is a literal red flag.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

Or non-existant. As long as they aren't on the airport's property, it just isn't important at all.

My nephew ended up on the no-fly list for photographing planes taking off from an adjacent vacant lot. He was a pilot and photographer.

This is a literal red flag.

Why were the planes taking off from a vacant lot?

(Just kidding.)

And waving a flag is not the same as taking pictures.

 

[-fish-]

k

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

Or non-existant. As long as they aren't on the airport's property, it just isn't important at all.

My nephew ended up on the no-fly list for photographing planes taking off from an adjacent vacant lot. He was a pilot and photographer.

This is a literal red flag.

Why were the planes taking off from a vacant lot?

(Just kidding.)

And waving a flag is not the same as taking pictures.

You're right. You can't signal anyone by taking a photograph.

I agree with you that waving a flag "isn't important at all." But what matters is how the people that police this activity feel about it on any given day. I wouldn't really worry about any kind of arrest or criminal charges, but the standard to be placed on the no-fly list is participating in "suspicious activity." Once you're on it, it takes some effort to get removed.

 

[Hastur]

k

The only ones that will see the flag is the pilot and copilot. The rest of the plane cannot see directly ahead or below.

The chances of the pilot mentioning a person waving a flag right in front of the runway to the airport police is pretty high. Airport personnel are trained to report anything out of the ordinary. The police will come by and talk to you(while assessing your mental state).

Or non-existant. As long as they aren't on the airport's property, it just isn't important at all.

My nephew ended up on the no-fly list for photographing planes taking off from an adjacent vacant lot. He was a pilot and photographer.

This is a literal red flag.

Why were the planes taking off from a vacant lot?

(Just kidding.)

And waving a flag is not the same as taking pictures.

You're right. You can't signal anyone by taking a photograph.

I agree with you that waving a flag "isn't important at all." But what matters is how the people that police this activity feel about it on any given day. I wouldn't really worry about any kind of arrest or criminal charges, but the standard to be placed on the no-fly list is participating in "suspicious activity." Once you're on it, it takes some effort to get removed.

I work in an airport. All employees are trained to point out odd or unusual behavior. Everyone from the airport police to the 17 year old cashier at Hudson.

Waving a flag at landing aircraft? Yeah, I would report that.

ETA the police might just laugh it off. However, it is part of my job to report it.

 

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