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VFR Operations to be Restored in Some Class B
Airspace
Updated: 10/11/01 10:47 pm
EAA has learned from ranking government officials in
Washington
that the Department of Transportation is expected to
announce the
resumption of VFR flight operations in certain
enhanced Class B
airspace on Friday October 12, 2001. At this early
stage, all
indications are that VFR flights will be approved
within
approximately half of the enhanced Class B airspace
areas within
the next few days. While the timing for release has
not been
established, the new procedures for conducting VFR
flight in the
announced areas will be presented in an FAA NOTAM
that will be
issued within the next day or two.
Pilots are reminded to adhere strictly to proper
flight procedures
and be particularly sensitive to the impact their
operations might
have on people or places on the ground. Remember to
check
NOTAM's before EVERY flight and avoid flights near
open-air
assemblies, power plants, industrial complexes,
reservoirs, and
dams. It is imperative that pilots exercise the
highest levels of
airmanship and common sense during these early
stages of
resumed VFR flight operations in enhanced Class B
airspace.
Surface, or point of departure security continues to
be the primary
concern of the National Security Council working
group and will be
the key to restoring VFR flight operations in the
remaining
enhanced Class B airspace in the future. The
anticipated
reopening of some enhanced Class B airspace is the
result of
intense negotiations over the past week by a working
group of the
National Security Council that includes the
Department of Defense,
Department of Transportation and other National
Security Council
staff. Specific proposals for airspace procedures
and surface
security were provided to this group in recent weeks
by EAA,
NATA and NBAA to assist with this effort.
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