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I am a new private pilot, vacationing at our family's cabin up in northern mi. The cabin is in the woods on lake michigan. I brought my newly finished experimental (time flown off, folding high wing, 2 place with 2 stroke engine) with us on a trailer. I found an appropriate hayfield inland and received permission to use it for the week's flying. The shoreline here is full of curves, has a wide (100 ft) sandy beach and then unbroken woods inland. Cottages and cabins are located in the woods. We have watched both commercial and private aircraft fly up and down the coastline sightseeing. It's very quiet and remote up here and very seldom do you see people on the beach. These flts are frequently very low and just off the beach, but always seem to be legal per far 91.119C and never threatening to people or property (big noisy biplanes and fast retractables). On the morning of my first flight here, I preflted the aircraft and departed the airstrip, which is 4 mi inland from the coast, climbing over the field until I had enough altitude to safely make the beach in the event of engine trouble (2-STROKE engine). The entire northern end of mi is forested and the only landing options are the beach and the occasional hayfield. I then descended to the coastline at approximately cross village and flew southward to good hart along the coast, about 50 ft AGL and 500 ft out from any cottages located in the woods. I do not recollect violating the 500 ft separation requirement at any time during this flight. At good hart, the engine's water temperature was approaching the end of the green arc, so I began climbing over the beach until a safe return could be made to the hayfield, where I landed and stowed the aircraft on its trailer. While on the road to the cottage with the aircraft in tow, I was stopped by a man who was very upset at the distance I had passed his home during my flight. He made several threats about taking my new private certificate away from me and drove off. As I said above, I do not recollect violating the requirements of far 91.119C at any point during this flight, but after this personal attack, I thought it would be prudent to file this report. Pilots of any aircraft should not crowd 91.119C on any shoreline, no matter how remote. A coast like this focuses all traffic past the same homeowners time after time and makes some of them extremely sensitive to fly-bys

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Title: LOW ALT CIVIL OP IN POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF FARS, PROX TO OBSTRUCTION BUILDING.

Narrative: I AM A NEW PVT PLT, VACATIONING AT OUR FAMILY'S CABIN UP IN NORTHERN MI. THE CABIN IS IN THE WOODS ON LAKE MICHIGAN. I BROUGHT MY NEWLY FINISHED EXPERIMENTAL (TIME FLOWN OFF, FOLDING HIGH WING, 2 PLACE WITH 2 STROKE ENG) WITH US ON A TRAILER. I FOUND AN APPROPRIATE HAYFIELD INLAND AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO USE IT FOR THE WEEK'S FLYING. THE SHORELINE HERE IS FULL OF CURVES, HAS A WIDE (100 FT) SANDY BEACH AND THEN UNBROKEN WOODS INLAND. COTTAGES AND CABINS ARE LOCATED IN THE WOODS. WE HAVE WATCHED BOTH COMMERCIAL AND PVT ACFT FLY UP AND DOWN THE COASTLINE SIGHTSEEING. IT'S VERY QUIET AND REMOTE UP HERE AND VERY SELDOM DO YOU SEE PEOPLE ON THE BEACH. THESE FLTS ARE FREQUENTLY VERY LOW AND JUST OFF THE BEACH, BUT ALWAYS SEEM TO BE LEGAL PER FAR 91.119C AND NEVER THREATENING TO PEOPLE OR PROPERTY (BIG NOISY BIPLANES AND FAST RETRACTABLES). ON THE MORNING OF MY FIRST FLT HERE, I PREFLTED THE ACFT AND DEPARTED THE AIRSTRIP, WHICH IS 4 MI INLAND FROM THE COAST, CLBING OVER THE FIELD UNTIL I HAD ENOUGH ALT TO SAFELY MAKE THE BEACH IN THE EVENT OF ENG TROUBLE (2-STROKE ENG). THE ENTIRE NORTHERN END OF MI IS FORESTED AND THE ONLY LNDG OPTIONS ARE THE BEACH AND THE OCCASIONAL HAYFIELD. I THEN DSNDED TO THE COASTLINE AT APPROX CROSS VILLAGE AND FLEW SOUTHWARD TO GOOD HART ALONG THE COAST, ABOUT 50 FT AGL AND 500 FT OUT FROM ANY COTTAGES LOCATED IN THE WOODS. I DO NOT RECOLLECT VIOLATING THE 500 FT SEPARATION REQUIREMENT AT ANY TIME DURING THIS FLT. AT GOOD HART, THE ENG'S WATER TEMP WAS APCHING THE END OF THE GREEN ARC, SO I BEGAN CLBING OVER THE BEACH UNTIL A SAFE RETURN COULD BE MADE TO THE HAYFIELD, WHERE I LANDED AND STOWED THE ACFT ON ITS TRAILER. WHILE ON THE ROAD TO THE COTTAGE WITH THE ACFT IN TOW, I WAS STOPPED BY A MAN WHO WAS VERY UPSET AT THE DISTANCE I HAD PASSED HIS HOME DURING MY FLT. HE MADE SEVERAL THREATS ABOUT TAKING MY NEW PVT CERTIFICATE AWAY FROM ME AND DROVE OFF. AS I SAID ABOVE, I DO NOT RECOLLECT VIOLATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF FAR 91.119C AT ANY POINT DURING THIS FLT, BUT AFTER THIS PERSONAL ATTACK, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO FILE THIS RPT. PLTS OF ANY ACFT SHOULD NOT CROWD 91.119C ON ANY SHORELINE, NO MATTER HOW REMOTE. A COAST LIKE THIS FOCUSES ALL TFC PAST THE SAME HOMEOWNERS TIME AFTER TIME AND MAKES SOME OF THEM EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO FLY-BYS

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.