<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I guess what I am struggling with is using a mechanism design for full-scale aviation and thinking it will be effective for model aircraft. What about the father-son (or mom or daughter) who goes out tomorrow morning to fly something they picked up at the toy store, and would not know the AMA from AAA or the AKC. At one extreme nothing will happen. At the other they will be treated as a terrorist threat.<br><br>Sorry for the rant. This just seems so much like corporate management thinking. <br><br>Bob Kane<br>
getterflash@yahoo.com<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 4/30/10, Bob Kane <i><getterflash@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Bob Kane <getterflash@yahoo.com><br>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Fw: TFR Issued for Ann Arbor, MI - 5/1<br>To: nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 4:07 PM<br><br><div id="yiv223268875"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Has anyone ever experienced one of these issued on a contest day? How far in advance are they issued?<br><br>Bob Kane<br>
getterflash@yahoo.com<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 4/29/10, AMA Webmaster <i><webmaster@modelaircraft.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: AMA Webmaster <webmaster@modelaircraft.org><br>Subject: TFR Issued for Ann Arbor, MI - 5/1<br>To: "Robert E Kane" <getterflash@yahoo.com><br>Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 4:31 PM<br><br><div id="yiv839503033"><p>A new FDC NOTAM/TFR has been issued for the area surrounding Ann Arbor, MI for Saturday, 5/1, from 9:15a until 1:30p EDT. The TFR is issued for security purposes to cover VIP movement in this area. Model aircraft operations are prohibited in this area during the specific times of the TFR. Please note that TFRs are subject to change with very short notice. Check back often for the most current NOTAM/TFR information. <br>
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Timely alerts are also available on the web or on you cell phone at: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/amagov">Twitter.com/amagov</a>.</p>
<p>See the link to the TFR below for more detailed information regarding the restrictions:</p>
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<li>Area 1 (5/1, 9:15a - 1:30p EDT)<br>
(30nm radius from Latitude: 42º14'35"N, Longitude: 83º36'40"W)</li>
<li>Area 2 (5/1, 9:15a - 10:30a EDT)<br>
(10nm radius from Latitude: 42º12'59"N, Longitude: 83º21'25"W)</li>
<li>Area 3 (5/1, 9:30a - 1:00p EDT)<br>
(10nm radius from Latitude: 42º15'57"N, Longitude: 83º44'55"W)</li>
<li>Area 4 (5/1, 12:15p - 1:30p EDT)<br>
(10nm radius from Latitude: 42º12'59"N, Longitude: 83º21'25"W) </li>
</ul>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_7827.html">TFR - 0/7827</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://02b954f.netsolhost.com/amatfr1.html">Map View of the Affected Area</a><br>
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Regards<br>
Gregory Hahn<br>
Technical Director<br>
AMA</p>
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