Monday, August 22, 2011

What do you make of this?

So, for some reason I was looking at this airport and I found something I had never seen before.

What catches your eye about the information contained here and has anyone been to Healdsburg to experience this unqiue feature?

It took my awhile to do the research on this but what I found was very interesting. I think I now want to fly to Healdsburg and experience this first hand.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Presidential TFR -


I haven't see this type of VIP TFR before... but it is not like I have been looking at these for decades. Normally the VIP TFRs that I have seen are for a specific radius from a specific point. These TFRs are for a specific distance from a "Line Segment" resulting in the race track type exclusion zone depicted in the pictures. An example of one of these in "text" is:

Airspace Definition:
Buffer defined bounded by:
Buffer: 10 nautical miles
Buffer Type: From any point along the line segments.
Line Segments:
Latitude: Longitude: FRD:
41º31'05"N 90º35'00"W MZV007012.1
41º25'02"N 90º00'44"W BDF309024.6

Altitude: From the surface up to but not including 18000 feet MSL


In this case, a picture is extremely helpful. Imagine having to plot a dozen or more of the line segment TFRs during per flight planning... it would be enough to make one think maybe today is not a day I should be flying...