Airborne_Again wrote:
SERA actually says
Regarding SERA it’s actually more important to look at all the national deviations (wherever they are printed for each country). Regarding this “necessary for take off and landing”, the Norwegian deviation (for GA, there are 5 in total), is that it is also allowed for training as long as it’s not done over densely populated areas or over gatherings of people.
Common examples of where flight well below 500 ft AGL may be “necessary for landing” are to clear birds or animals from an unattended runway, and/or to check low-level wind conditions and the suitability of the landing surface to inform a decision as to whether to land at that time and place – as taught for the European mountain rating.
