[COUPERS-FLYIN] Hizzoner is back in Central Texas

[Bill Herridge]

----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Anybody planning a weekend trip that takes you within 30 miles of Crawford, Texas, needs to be aware of the following.  They mean business and will not hesitate to put an F-16 on your tail and escort you to the nearest airport, usually our local strip (05F in Gatesville, Texas).  We get about five escorted landings here every time the Pres. visits his ranch.  Take heed and make sure you are talking to either Waco Approach or Gray Approach before you get into the 30-mile radius.   Bill Herridge N99790   FAA ACTIVATES LARGE TFR OVER BUSH RANCH AOPA is sending this message to advise pilots flying in the area between Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, that the area surrounding President Bush's Crawford ranch, Prohibited Area P-49, will be expanding to a 30-nm radius. The temporary flight restriction (TFR) extends to a 30-nm radius below 18,000 feet msl, beginning at 1 a.m. local on Saturday, June 28, and remains in effect through 9 a.m. local on Monday, June 30. AOPA continues to lobby for more reasonably sized presidential movement TFRs, absent a specific and credible threat. The association maintains almost daily contact with the FAA, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and officials responsible for the president's security. All operations (except military, law enforcement, and air ambulance) are prohibited within 10 nm below 18,000 feet. Between 10 nm and 30 nm, aircraft must be on an active IFR or VFR flight plan with a discrete transponder code assigned by air traffic control and must maintain radio contact with ATC. All such flights must be for ingress, egress, or transit only. During the effective times of the notam, practice instrument approaches are prohibited within the TFR. No flight training, aerobatic, glider, parachute, hang gliding, ultralight, aerial application, or animal control operations are permitted. The impacted landing facilities are Valley Mills Municipal (9F1), Wildcat Canyon (3T8), McGregor Executive (PWG), Clifton Municipal/Isenhower Field (7F7), Waco Regional (ACT), City-County (05F), Lake Whitney State Park (F50), Tstc Waco (CNW), Draughon- Miller Central Texas Regional (TPL), and Wings for Christ International Flight Academy (73F). AOPA warns pilots that this restricted airspace will be actively enforced by the military, and violators will be intercepted and forced to land. AOPA reminds pilots to check notams prior to every flight. See AOPA Online for the full text of the notam and a graphic ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#3/5085 ). Jay Carpenter 512-454-5455 ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/