At 04:15 PM 17/03/04 +1000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 12:51, Mark Newton wrote:
>> http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8944267%255E13762,00.html
>
>
>"A spokesman for Police and Emergency Services Minister Andre Haermeyer
>said the Government had been pushing Canberra for restricted air space
>over prisons for several years. "
>
>Now this could be interesting! At Caboolture, we have Woodford Jail up
>the valley from us towards Kilcoy - along the only route we have to soar
>inland. On several occasions I have 'parked' over the fields near the
>jail (we have a 4,500ft air space limit there - so getting out is a bit
>of an art already).
>
>Restricting the airspace there could be a real problem to us.
Now if I was going to fly a helicopter or powered parachute, ultralight etc
into a prison to get someone out I'd be really , really worried that it was
restricted airspace wouldn't I?
Same goes for Flight restrictions around nukes, the location of the US
President etc. Just look up the NOTAMS and there's your target. Easy!
It obviously just takes a paranoid personality to be a security bozo,
forget the brains.
Mike
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