Ben, et al, You may own and operate your own full scale aircraft and live nearby the affected area, but so do I, AND I fly corporate jets in and out of ALL the airports named in this TFR on a regular basis. Several times a week, in fact. I deal with TFR's nearly every week. My JOB depends on knowing about and correctly interpreting the TFR and other NOTAM data, and I can tell you for a fact that model airplane flying IS definitely prohibited within the boundries of the airspace affected by this TFR, just as Kevin pointed out. No two TFRs are the same. Each has it's own restrictions predicated on the geography, amount and type of traffic and number of airports (traffic density), and the level of perceived or anticipated threat. Face it, a convention such as this makes for a juicy target for a terrorist group or individual, and all they are asking you to do (okay, telling you to do) is to not fly your model airplanes within this rather small and compact area for a few days. The reality of life today is that we do have to worry about these things, because there are people outside of this country (and sneaking around inside of it, too) that want to do us harm, and whether you like it or not, they have managed to bring their battle with us to our front door step. You should see the security issues I have to deal with when I "go to work" and fly all over the world. The terrorist threat has done quite a bit to take the fun out of my job, and I now look at each and every flight I'm asked to do outside the country with a great deal of serious study and a little anxiety mixed with a dash of paranoia. I do not want to point out the fact that there are many of us that subscribe to this list who could easily make one or more of our models into some very serious weapons. That is a fact, and you better believe that it hasn't escaped the attention of the powers that be... If they can figure that out, so can any reasonably imaginative terrorist.
Keith McLellan Gulfstream and Challenger Captain ABE (Allentown, PA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Diss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Kevin Sheen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] TFR - 8/27/04 > Sheldon- > > This section does not appear ANYWHERE in the TFR. While I agree that > the TFR does contain the words "model aircraft" I fail to see why the > AMA doesn't want us to fly. > > -Ben RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
