Whoa...Now That's A TFR!

Geico266 · #1 06-13-2009, 09:40 AM

Anyone else notice the TFR that covers 3/4 of North America? On my XM Weather this AM there is a military TFR covering the midwest from 3400 MSL to 18,000 MSL.

Either we are going to war with Canada and Mexico, or someone hit the wrong button?

Someone else fire up their XM weather and see what you get.

bsacks05 · #2 06-13-2009, 11:19 AM

WOW. Good thing we stayed under 3400 flying for breakfast this morning.

scsmith · #3 06-13-2009, 11:20 AM

It kinda looks like the person that entered the data typed 1000 mile radius instead of 10mile radius around something?

Its the reverse of when I go to the ATM and punch in $200 but it thinks I asked for $2.00 because they expect you to enter the cents even though it only dispenses $10 and $20 bills.

It will be fun to hear whats really going on

RBD · #4 06-13-2009, 11:50 AM

Looks like Mayor Daley finally hacked his way into the TFR system!

Lionclaw · #5 06-13-2009, 12:32 PM

Uh oh... I was out tooling around this morning in a spam can at 4k msl. Guess I should file a NASA form

Geico266 · #6 06-13-2009, 01:39 PM

I called XM and I was told I would have to wait and call back on Monday.

Kinda makes you wonder how reliable XM information is.

zilik · #7 06-13-2009, 04:52 PM

got the same TFR here in Denver this morning. I was up playing around and checked the Garmin for the floor of the Class B ring I was about to enter and all I could get was this TFR from 3400msl to 18000msl. I figured it was bogus since it stated 3400msl and our field is 5512msl. No 16's or shinooks either.

Bubblehead · #8 06-13-2009, 06:41 PM

Looks like I busted it too. I was flying for about 2 hours today around Rockford as high as 6500 feet and noticed some diagonal lines on the map but I thought it was just the display showing cloud cover.

Must be a mistake.

Kevin Horton · #9 06-13-2009, 07:56 PM

If this thing can have a TFR that is so obviously wrong, it could easily have ones that are too small, or in the wrong place, or at the wrong time, etc.

This debacle drives home the point that we should use official published data when looking for TFRs, and not count on any other source as being correct. TFR data from any other source should be looked at as for entertainment only, no matter how pretty it might look on the map.

Geico266 · #10 06-13-2009, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin Horton

If this thing can have a TFR that is so obviously wrong, it could easily have ones that are too small, or in the wrong place, or at the wrong time, etc.

This debacle drives home the point that we should use official published data when looking for TFRs, and not count on any other source as being correct. TFR data from any other source should be looked at as for entertainment only, no matter how pretty it might look on the map.

I gotta agree Kevin. Even after I called XM and reported it there is nothing they can do until Monday morning? 48 hours with a bogus TFR? Heads should roll.