Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 423
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 5 Sec. 423
- Agency: means the Agency of Transportation. See
- Aircraft: means a contrivance used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air and specifically includes ultralight aircraft. See
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, or body politic, including a trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
- Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
§ 423. Diversion from normal flight; careless operation
(a) An aircraft shall not be diverted from a normal flight nor engage in acrobatic maneuvers nor be so operated as to diminish the stability and safety of the aircraft when the aircraft is over a thickly settled portion of a town, city, or village or over a place where a celebration, game, or contest is being held, or over a place where a failure of the aircraft might cause personal injury or damage to property, or under 1,500 feet, unless by special permission of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Agency.
(b) No person shall operate an aircraft in a careless or negligent manner so as to endanger the life or property of others. (Added 1985, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)