The Civil Aeronautics Authority, a predecessor of the FAA, claimed all airspace above 500 feet as public domain.
Sources
- How Much of the Sky Overhead Do You Own? (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-supreme-court/328/256.html (caselaw.findlaw.com)
- https://law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/328/256 (law.cornell.edu)
- https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history (faa.gov)
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