On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 4:41:36 PM UTC-5, Tom BravoMike wrote:
New from FAA on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BV2yT1Dcdw

Don't know exactly the situation, so I am not making any judgement, just mixed feelings. So, after all, are motorgliders gliders, or not? Most outlandings would be 'No fuel, no engine' declaration.

In the event of a(nother) government "shutdown", I wonder if publication of more "True Stories of Air Traffic Control" will be deemed an essential service, or not.

-T8

ps: "Ten Miles North" of Bowman Field on Google Earth discloses an agricultural area with many large fields.