Do tribes own the airspace over the reservation? The Hualapai Nation says it does...

Cyndy Cole of the Arizona Daily Sun reports that "After flying over the western Grand Canyon a few weeks ago, pilot Lionel De Antoni landed to find his motorhome had been towed and tribal police were waiting for him.

He was cited by Hualapai Nation police for trespassing via ultralight plane and not buying certain permits to fly over the tribe's land. In addition to building a walkway over the Grand Canyon in 2007 and conducting boat tours on the Colorado River, it now appears the tribe is asserting rights to the airspace over its million-acre reservation, in line with a constitution in place since 1991."

See the full story HERE.

The Federal Aviation Administration strongly disagrees with the Hualapai assertion of rights over the airspace.....the pilot is contesting the case, as it stands at the moment...this one could prove to be real interesting.

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