I happen to be a crew dog on AWACS, and found myself dealing with Air Force One just the other day. I've even rolled some F-15's in on a guy in a spam can to figure out what he was up to, but that happened several months ago. If you wind up getting a fly-by from an F-15, your bad day isn't over when he discovers that you don't have any weapons...you just get to keep flying without getting shot down. When you land, from what I understand, the cops or the FBI comes and sits you down and figures out just why you did what you did. Not too fun, I'd say.
So, here are a few things that could get you looked at in a funny way: -Being inside the no-fly area (no brainer, but easy to do if you don't know where it is) -Not talking to center -Not squawking anything -Squawking 1200 (especially when you aren't talking to center) -Not responding to the "Unknown aircraft at location (lat/lon) state your intentions" call on guard Precautions you should take, if you don't read the notams: -Know your position in coordinates -File a flight plan -Monitor 121.5 or 243.0 (as if there are any UHF radios on any KR's) -Squawk If you are hearing the callsigns Darkstar, Bandsaw, Goliath, Chalice, or even Dragnet used on guard, someone is about to have a bad day. Fly safe. I'll be flying on Friday (not making it to Red Oak), and I hope I don't have to talk to anyone on guard, even though it would make my mission a bit more interesting. Mark Youkey myou...@cox.net Oklahoma City ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin" <crain...@cfl.rr.com> To: "KR builders and pilots" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 7:40 AM Subject: KR>Notams To All, PLEASE READ: The President is out flying around and has a mobile TFR (Temp Flight Restriction) area of 60 nm around Air Force One, where ever he happens to be. Be sure to get a complete briefing from a preflight briefer and make sure he advises you of all published as well as unpublished notams, since alot of you will be flying into new areas and are unfamiliar with things local pilots already know. AOPA website keeps an advisory section on alot of notams and TFRs and has graphical displays of them for ease of use. You don't need to get intercepted on the way to having fun! Colin Rainey KR2(td) crain...@cfl.rr.com Sanford, Florida FLY SAFE!!!!_______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
