On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:26:35 PM UTC-4, Doug Mueller wrote:
NOTAMS do not mean closure of Airspace. It is only notification

that something is going on. If CD's dont do that they are doing a

dis service to the aviation community. I also believe they are

requested to do it by the AIM but I will check on that.



At 18:07 12 June 2013, unclhank wrote:

On Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:33:28 PM UTC-4, Doug

Mueller wrote:

Another comment for contest racers. As long as it is a

sanctioned

contest=

and the contest directors have notified the FAA of the event,

the

airspace=

should be protected with the issuance of NOTAM's for all

aircraft. High

le=

vel airspace will be routed accordingly and Flarm would be all

that is

need=

ed and a transponder not be necessary. I tend to fly like Dan

M does and

do=

not care for contests. But I have every intention of being a

good general

=

aviation steward much like Dan M and commend him for trying

to postpone

tha=

t inevitable day. In full disclosure, I have a Portable Flarm and

I will

be=

installing a transponder shortly in my ship. Kudos to anyone in

the

commun=

ity that has Dan M's mindset. Doug



Just imagine the response when some CD calls and asks for a

NOTAM

"protecti=

ng" airspace over an area of 100 miles by 150 miles. The

laughter would be

=

deafening.

It is possible and common to temporarily close an airport to

permit grid

an=

d launch, but that is about all one can do.

UH



At Perry one year we had a task that was kinda near the Columbia
class C airspace. I dialed over to their approach frequency to
see if there was anything coming my way. Listening to the
conversations pilots were having with approach, they definitely
knew there was a glider contest going on, but they had no idea
what a glider contest was! (They referred to it as a "regatta".)

Matt