Dubya / Kill Devil Hills irony

[Bart]

I'm watching the President's speech on CNN now at Kill Devil Hills.
The fact that there's a _huge_ TFR surrounding the area bothers me
a little. I wonder is he's really aware of how much impact he had
on GA and the people trying to get in and out of there.

I did notice that unlike the routine presidential TFR notams, this
one isnt totally prohibitive.

Bart

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:54:53 -0500, Bart > wrote:

> I wonder is he's really aware

Nope, not based on what I've seen and read about him. Poor sod.


Dave Blevins

[Jim Carriere]

"Bart" > wrote in message
...
> I'm watching the President's speech on CNN now at Kill Devil Hills.
> The fact that there's a _huge_ TFR surrounding the area bothers me
> a little. I wonder is he's really aware of how much impact he had
> on GA and the people trying to get in and out of there.
>
> I did notice that unlike the routine presidential TFR notams, this
> one isnt totally prohibitive.

I guess the replica is exempt? :)

[Bart]

According to the wording of the Notam, the replica would not have been
able to take off because it doesnt contain a transponder. I know this
is a picayune detail, its pretty funny.

In fact though Dubya was long gone before they attemped a take off, so
I suspect the TFR had been cancelled.

Real shame they didn't get it off the ground. It was fun rooting
for them.

>Jim Carriere wrote:
>
> I guess the replica is exempt? :)
>
>

[Micbloo]

>I'm watching the President's speech on CNN now at Kill Devil Hills.
>The fact that there's a _huge_ TFR surrounding the area bothers me
>a little.

Did he fly in on Marine 1?

[Bart]

Yep.

Micbloo wrote:

> Did he fly in on Marine 1?

[Micbloo]

>Yep.

Thanks

[John Roncallo]

Jim Carriere wrote:

> "Bart" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I'm watching the President's speech on CNN now at Kill Devil Hills.
>>The fact that there's a _huge_ TFR surrounding the area bothers me
>>a little. I wonder is he's really aware of how much impact he had
>>on GA and the people trying to get in and out of there.
>>
>>I did notice that unlike the routine presidential TFR notams, this
>>one isnt totally prohibitive.
>
>
> I guess the replica is exempt? :)
>
>

According to AOPA, they had worked out a special exemption just for the
replica. It would have been real cool if they said No cant fly it TFR.

J. Roncallo

[John Roncallo]

Micbloo wrote:

>>I'm watching the President's speech on CNN now at Kill Devil Hills.
>>The fact that there's a _huge_ TFR surrounding the area bothers me
>>a little.
>
>
> Did he fly in on Marine 1?

Flew in with Marine one supported with another VH-3D and three VH-53E's.
A Coast Guard HH-60J was also hovering in the area.

John Roncallo

[Micbloo]

>Flew in with Marine one supported with another VH-3D and three VH-53E's.
> A Coast Guard HH-60J was also hovering in the area.

Thanks. That's always a cool thing to see. I was on Staten Island (NYC) about
13/14 years ago when Daddy Bush came in for a fund raiser. They had two VH-3s
and three Sea Knights (VH-46s?) and two NYPD 412s in the area. Very impressive
display.

Gerard