David-aviator
Well Known Member
Ron,
Not to minimize or condone flight through R-2916 or to not appreciate your frustration, this post does not belong on this forum - 99.9% of RV pilots do not have occasion to fly in your area of operation near Key West. And if they did, most would not penetrate the area so the number is more like 99.999%. The message is like getting a lecture on drinking untreated water in Africa - it doesn't apply here.
Beyond that, the designation of airspace for what you are doing should be PROHIBITED. Would that be possible (?) - probably not considering the bureaucratic government jungle controlling such matters. The activity does not meet that defined within a PROHIBITED area or some such excuse.
No question, unauthorized flight activity within a RESTRICTED area can be very hazardous but such activity is not wholly prohibited, read AIM on the subject. How that wording got in the book is probably the result of a compromise concerning locking up more airspace in this country.
That is an issue I am concerned about. If the government had a totally free hand in the matter, we would be lucky to have any airspace to fly in. The restrictions imposed since 9-11 are very apparent with moving TFR's popping up everywhere for all kinds of reasons, usually political. Every gathering of people can be and is so designated.
Also, there are designated areas that seldom get used. That last time I called ATC about flying through a MOA, the controller responded the area has not been used for months.
Getting back to RESTRICTED areas, be smart, stay out of them. Flying is hazardous enough without throwing that element into the brew.
Not to minimize or condone flight through R-2916 or to not appreciate your frustration, this post does not belong on this forum - 99.9% of RV pilots do not have occasion to fly in your area of operation near Key West. And if they did, most would not penetrate the area so the number is more like 99.999%. The message is like getting a lecture on drinking untreated water in Africa - it doesn't apply here.
Beyond that, the designation of airspace for what you are doing should be PROHIBITED. Would that be possible (?) - probably not considering the bureaucratic government jungle controlling such matters. The activity does not meet that defined within a PROHIBITED area or some such excuse.
No question, unauthorized flight activity within a RESTRICTED area can be very hazardous but such activity is not wholly prohibited, read AIM on the subject. How that wording got in the book is probably the result of a compromise concerning locking up more airspace in this country.
That is an issue I am concerned about. If the government had a totally free hand in the matter, we would be lucky to have any airspace to fly in. The restrictions imposed since 9-11 are very apparent with moving TFR's popping up everywhere for all kinds of reasons, usually political. Every gathering of people can be and is so designated.
Also, there are designated areas that seldom get used. That last time I called ATC about flying through a MOA, the controller responded the area has not been used for months.
Getting back to RESTRICTED areas, be smart, stay out of them. Flying is hazardous enough without throwing that element into the brew.