TFRs: POTUS headed to Crawford May 8-11

From AOPA (Note the new format, which I like). Let's be careful out there....

TODR

**** CRAWFORD TFR ****

SIZE:
30-nm-radius TFR with inner 10-nm-radius GA no-fly zone
Surface up to 17,999 feet msl

CUTOUT:
4-nm-radius cutout to allow operations over Skylark Field (ILE)

LOCATION:
Centered on the ACT VOR's 241-degree radial at 14.4 nm

EFFECTIVE TIMES:
10:30 a.m. local Thursday, May 8, until 4:30 p.m. local Sunday, May 11

View the notam and AOPA's plain-language explanation
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6426 ).


**** WACO ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TFRs ****

SIZE:
30-nm-radius TFR with an inner 10-nm-radius GA no-fly zone
Surface up to 17,999 feet msl

LOCATION:
Centered on the ACT VOR's 089-degree radial at 10.1 nm

EFFECTIVE TIMES:
10:05 a.m. until 11:10 a.m. local Thursday, May 8
3:50 p.m. until 5 p.m. local Sunday, May 11

View the notams and AOPA's plain-language explanation.
Thursday, May 8 ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6436 )
Sunday, May 11 ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#8/6429 )


**** IMPACTED AIRPORTS IN WACO AND CRAWFORD AREAS ****

Flying Nd Ranch (22TS), Valley Mills Municipal (9F1), Scott (31TX),
Wildcat Canyon (3T8), McGregor Executive (PWG), Clifton
Municipal/Isenhower Field (7F7), Waco Regional (ACT), Tigerbird
Field (2TS3), Gatesville Municipal (GOP), Womack Farm (75TE),
Parrish Airstrip (TX52), Heathrow (TE17), Lake Whitney State
Park (F50), Sheriff Department Heliport (TA04), Flying Heart
Ranch (70TE), Square K (40TS), Tstc Waco (CNW), Draughon-Miller
Central Texas Regional (TPL), Wings for Christ International
Flight Academy (73F), Hood AAF (HLR), Barnstormer (TE99),
Marlin (T15), Hillsboro Municipal (INJ), and Mexia-Limestone
County (LXY).

Wedding! Jenna's getting married.

Open sky politics

Maybe we should vote for President based on where they live. Imagine voting for someone local and then having to live with TFR's for the next 8 years.

Let's see, McCain is from Phoenix. That should take out a bunch of airports in that area. So much for Copperstate.

Obama is from Chicago, I believe. There's a bunch of airports in that area, as well as the southern approach to Oshkosh.

Of course, they both will probably choose Southern VP's. Those folks in the South are losers any way you slice it.

Guess I'll have to vote for one of the off-party candidates. The're all from Oregon. The flying season up there is only about three weeks long anyway.

John Allen
(tongue firmly planted in cheek)