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Just spoke with a pre-flight briefer at the Boise Flight Service Station. The good news is that for many of us, we can now fly our airplanes... but ironically, we still CANNOT fly our paragliders! Here were the high points of our conversation: VFR Flight is allowed by private pilots EXCEPT: - within "enhanced" class B airspace. What they have done is taken the outer perimeter of class B, and extended it from the surface to infinity. You can't fly in there. At all. So some of the folks that were legal to fly "under" the wedding cake- my friends in the Seattle- Kent area a good example, are still grounded. The only thing that can fly in that area is medical, law enforcement, etc. and they have to have a transponder code squawked. The following is still Verboten to all: - cannot tow banners - cannot conduct sightseeing for hire operations - cannot do traffic watch - cannot fly airships or blimps - no news reporting helicopters or planes (THAT'll piss 'em off!) - no VFR border crossings into Canada - No VFR On Top The following IS PERMITTED: - Maintenance/ testing flights - Civil Air Patrol - Balloon flights - Skydiving - Rigid Wing Gliders - Ultralights - Map and photo flights - pipeline patrols - powerline patrols I specifically asked the briefer (assuming if skydivers and ultralights were good to go that paragliders and hang gliders were certainly included) about paragliders. He had to go check with someone, then came back and said, "nope still grounded". ???????????? Anyway, that will probably change by the weekend. Thought you'd like to know. Sgt. John Barsness Boise Airport Police Boise, Idaho Ercoupe N3201H & Cessnas & Paragliders ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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