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Regarding Air Space / Altitiudes. Anything above 10,000 Feet is controlled by FAA Centers such as Boston Center. Below that you can still be under Center Control as long as you maintain Instrument Flight Conditions (IFR) and coordinate with the appropriate Center. If you are under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) you are practicing "See and Avoid" with traffic notifications if you are in radio contact with a Center or local Approach / Departure Control such as Manchester. Under VFR rules, you can fly right down to the water unless other altitude restrictions are in place. I used to fly in KC-135's out of upstate NY and every once in a while we would do a scenic run over the Lake. We were in contact with Boston Center under IFR conditions and were allowed by them down to 1,500 Feet. Any lower and we could have gone VFR as low as we wanted. I believe our regs limited us to 500 Feet over populated areas, which the lake is not. On one occasion Boston Center let us go VFR over the Lake and up through the Mt.Washington area. We took it down to about 500 Feet over the Broads and then maintainted established Minimum Enroute altitudes through the mountains. Quite a view. (The KC-135 is essentially a Boeing 707 configured for the Refueling Mission.)