TFR's

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 6:32 am

I don't know about the rest of the country,but the four "permanent" TFR's in western Washington have been reconfigured as of Jan 9,2004. All of them are somewhat smaller & rectangular in shape,where they were round before. The TFR over Indian Island Navy Base appears to be changed the least. The TFR's over Everett Navy Base, Bremerton Naval Shipyard & Bangor Submarine Base are all substantially smaller & user-friendly,especially Bangor. The new notams gives lat/long points to plot the new TFR boundaries (a tedious exercise) but the AOPA website has charted illustrations.
It's about time! However,AOPA sez that the FAA might be including these new TFR's on the next issue of charts,which is another step closer to making them permanent.

Eric

Dave Clark · Post by **Dave Clark** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:11 pm

Thanks for the update Eric. Just as long as they're not getting bigger! Think I'll go exercise the plane today. Calm, clear, and WARM.

Tom Downey · Post by **Tom Downey** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:49 pm

Where did you see this ?

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:51 pm

Yeah,rub it in Dave! We had about a week of COLD temps,lows down into the low 20's & even the teens,highs of barely freezing--a couple days highs were only 28! We're back on track with more seasonal temps. Last Sunday morning at daybreak it was 15 degrees,compared to 40 degrees this Sunday.
Com'on summer!

Eric

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:01 pm

Tom Downey wrote:Where did you see this ?

AOPA emailed out a notice to everyone who gets their weekly email newsletter. Check this website
http://www.aopa.org/flight_planner/

Eric

DensityDog · Post by **DensityDog** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 8:23 pm

Excellent point Eric,
For those of you who don't already know of this,
AOPA is doing a great job giving their members a heads up with emails about upcoming Presidential TFRs. They also have a weekly email newsletter. Could save you from getting a violation, possibly.
Max

zero.one.victor · Post by **zero.one.victor** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 6:37 am

I'm waiting for one of our local Puget Sound area pilots to ask "what TFR's?"

Eric

n3833v · Post by **n3833v** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 4:15 pm

Our local FAA rep also sends us local notam info by email every week that concerns our area. AOPA has the most up to date info for flying that there is for us and I also get their email updates every week to help me stay out of trouble.