TFR
NOTIFICATION WARNING
As our air show season gets into full
swing (see our air events calendar), the TFRs continue to
POP UP all over. We sent out a TFR NOTIFICATION E-MAIL
last week to those who subscribe to our NOTAM warning. It
contained eighteen (18) solid and/or anticipated TFRs.
The President was going home to Texas with stops in
surrounding states.
If you don’t receive our e-mail
notification and would like too, just e-mail your request
to
notams@fly-low.com and we will add you to the list.
Being on the list will not guarantee that you will not fly
into a TFR. We only advise of the existing or anticipated
TFRs, and only when we are aware of them. We’re not
perfect. The only way to get up-to-date information is to
call FSS. Even then, you need to request all NOTAMs in
your flight path to make sure the briefer doesn’t forget
them.
If you haven’t been to our new and
improved website, check it out. It has a new look and new
pages. We now post the classified section, along with our
usual pages. As you check the events calendar page, see
if your event is listed. If it is not, e-mail the
information to us. In order to get it in the hard copy
issue, I need it by the 15th of the preceding
month of publication.
OTHER SITES USEFUL TO PILOTS
There is an FAA website that will
allow pilots to receive information about events in your
area. Go to
http://registry.faa.gov/amsvcs.asp and register. That
allows you access to pages within the website. You will
also receive e-mail notices about safety from the FAA.
Flying to AirVenture at Oshkosh
requires some studies. This is the 32 page NOTAM issued
for your arrival and departure to the ‘Big One’. Go to
http://www.airventure.org/2004/flying/notam_2004.pdf
.
YELLOW JOURNALISM STINKS
In this issue, we have two separate
sides to the general aviation dilemma. One side is from
the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it says
that general aviation airports and aircraft pose no threat
to the general public from terrorist. On the other hand,
my brothers in journalism over on the dark side are doing
reports to get their ratings up about how unsafe general
aviation airports are. The “uninformed and uncaring” TV,
radio, newspaper journalist are looking for BIG ratings.
They go out to unsuspecting FBO and interview them on the
laxness of security. It is easy to make a big deal about
airports and no security.
I drove past the local Ryder and
U-Haul truck rental today, only to find no security there,
as well. More people can drive a truck than can drive a
plane. I have yet to see a story about the dangers of a
Ryder truck parked with fertilizer in from of a Federal
Building. Aviation is suffering from so many things, high
fuel prices, September 11, expensive purchase and/or
repair cost, and now we have the local news media blasting
us because it will help their ratings. Not because,
aviation is a real threat to the world, but because of the
dollar impact that a good story will bring them during
sweeps week.
I believe it is time to cry, FOUL!!!
The smell of yellow journalism stinks. |
