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    The document outlines 3 rules for maintaining minimum altitudes when flying aircraft. The "notwithstanding" rule requires maintaining an altitude high enough to safely emergency land if an engine fails. The 500 ft rule requires being at least 500 ft above any person, vessel, vehicle or structure except over open water or sparsely populated areas. The 1000 ft rule requires being at least 1000 ft above any obstacles within 2000 ft over congested areas or open air assemblies of people. Other aircraft types have different minimum altitude requirements.

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    The document outlines 3 rules for maintaining minimum altitudes when flying aircraft. The "notwithstanding" rule requires maintaining an altitude high enough to safely emergency land if an engine fails. The 500 ft rule requires being at least 500 ft above any person, vessel, vehicle or structure except over open water or sparsely populated areas. The 1000 ft rule requires being at least 1000 ft above any obstacles within 2000 ft over congested areas or open air assemblies of people. Other aircraft types have different minimum altitude requirements.

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    "Notwithstanding" Rule

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    Rahul Saraswat
    The document outlines 3 rules for maintaining minimum altitudes when flying aircraft. The "notwithstanding" rule requires maintaining an altitude high enough to safely emergency land if an engine fails. The 500 ft rule requires being at least 500 ft above any person, vessel, vehicle or structure except over open water or sparsely populated areas. The 1000 ft rule requires being at least 1000 ft above any obstacles within 2000 ft over congested areas or open air assemblies of people. Other aircraft types have different minimum altitude requirements.

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    "Notwithstanding" rule

    Though specific altitudes are called as noted below - there is an overreaching general
    requirement to maintain sufficient altitude that if a power unit fails, an emergency landing
    without undue hazard to persons or property on the surface can be made. This may be
    significantly higher than 500 feet or 1,000 feet.
    500 ft rule
    An aircraft must maintain an altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open
    water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated
    closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
    1000 ft rule
    An aircraft must maintain an altitude of 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle within a
    horizontal radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft over any congested area of a city, town, or
    settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons.
    Other aircraft, such as helicopters, powered parachutes, and weight-shift-control
    aircraft, are not required to meet the FAR 91 minimums, so long as their operation is
    conducted without hazar

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