"Dude" wrote in message
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CJ,

It sounds like you have a different interpretation of "authorized by ATC'
than the folks against the track. Are you saying that one can go NORDO
into
and out of that field during a race?

That's the complaints I was hearing, that many of the planes would be
grounded, especially experimentals.

Following published procedures in AIM is supposed to give you a safe haven
for ATC authorization. In fact, the letter by the administrator right in the
front of the book says so. Now, AIM specifies procedures for flying into
uncontrolled fields. That sure sounds like ATC authorization to me.

Besides, even if the folks against the track were correct, it does not
"effectively shut down Arlington." It only shuts it down for the squirrels
that are based there who like to practice aerobatics on short final, refuse
to use CTAF even if they radios, and who think nothing of cutting you off or
buzzing you when you have the right of way. There is a small contingent of
nuts there that thinks they own the airport and their real problem is that
if the track were built then the airport might actually have to be operated
like one.