Will DCA ever be open to GA?

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Jay Masino" wrote in message
Yea. but (1) is shows a mind set, and (2) it would be a pain in the butt
with the present FRZ requirements. A small group of people would go thru
the background checks, and those would be the only people using National.
It barely seems worth arguing for.


That may be, but even a small group using it bolsters the position that GA
is not a threat. Ya gotta walk before ya can run.

A lot of my friends are still using College Park, with a similar feeling,
but there's been absolutely no movement to setup a mechanism to allow
transients in. I suspect that the FRZ around DC will be here long after
we're 6 feet under. And that may also be true for GA access into
National. To be honest with you, I don't see what the big deal is. I've
flown in the DC area for close to 18 years. about 15 of them before
September 11th. I never felt inclined to land at National. Not even
once. For me, the things I miss the most are sight seeing flights down
the Anacostia River, and doing practice instrument approaches at Andrews.

--- Jay

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I've flown in the DC area for close to 18 years. about 15 of them before
September 11th. I never felt inclined to land at National. Not even
once.


National is a very convenient airport. I flew in there once years ago in a
small plane with friends to attend a performance at the Kennedy Center ("Actual
Sho") and it was awesome to be able to take off from my local airstrip, land
right in the middle of DC, and take the Metro right to the gala, and then leave
that same evening and be home before midnight.

Freedom. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Jose


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(Teacherjh) wrote in
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Freedom. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

It's still a good idea. But our current regime has the wrong implementation
plan.