Prohibited Airspace Coming to a TRF Near You.

More military airspace grabs imminent:


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AOPA ePilot Volume 6, Issue 7 February 27, 2004
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NAVY ASKS FOR PROHIBITED AREA IN GEORGIA
At the Navy's insistence, the FAA on Thursday formally proposed
turning the Department of Defense (DoD) temporary flight restriction
(TFR) over the Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia into prohibited
airspace. The existing TFR has severely affected operations at St.
Marys Airport in nearby St. Marys, Georgia. "This is a general
aviation pilot's worst nightmare and has questionable security
benefits," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "The Pentagon is dictating
national airspace policy. And it could get worse. AOPA has learned
that the DoD has already submitted requests to turn the remaining
permanent TFRs [elsewhere in the country] into prohibited areas." The
comment deadline is April 12. See AOPA Online(
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...04-1-116x.html ).

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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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AOPA ePilot Volume 6, Issue 7 February 27, 2004
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NAVY ASKS FOR PROHIBITED AREA IN GEORGIA
At the Navy's insistence, the FAA on Thursday formally proposed
turning the Department of Defense (DoD) temporary flight restriction
(TFR) over the Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia into prohibited
airspace. [...] The
comment deadline is April 12. See AOPA Online(
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...04-1-116x.html ).

Well, I submitted my comments. There are already about 40 available for
review at the document database website, and several are actually quite
good. Not a single "in favor" comment yet, but if history serves,
eventually there will be a few.

We all need to submit our comments on this NPRM. Granted, it may not do any
good, but you never know. It might. It certainly will serve to document
the intense and widespread dislike of these restrictions, and the FAA's
willingness to impose such restrictions with no valid justification, and
plenty of good arguments against.

It's easy to submit comments. If you don't want to follow the above link to
the AOPA article and navigate through, just start right he

http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchFormSimple.cfm

In that form, enter this docket number: 15976

That will take you to the page with all of the documents related to the
NPRM, included the NPRM itself. You can read the already-submitted
comments. You can also provide your own comment simply by clicking the
"Comments/Submissions" button at the top of the page.

You don't need to register to provide a comment, nor do you even need to
provide real information for yourself. However, IMHO there's no point in
providing a comment unless you are willing to put your name to it. I can't
imagine that anonymous comments carry much weight.

Pete