The Horror; FSS service stories

pittss1c wrote:
I was making a short trip from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois.
I figured it would save me some time to go along the lake... I had a few
questions, so I figured I would call the FSS.
1. Meigs had recently been closed, but was still on current charts. I
wanted to verify that the airspace had been changed.

Just out of curiosity, what difference would that make on your flight?
Anytime a tower is closed, you treat the airport as non-towered.

Airspace changes often take months, as the proposed change has to be
published in the Federal Register well in advance of the actual change.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
pittss1c wrote:
I was making a short trip from Central Illinois to Northern Illinois.
I figured it would save me some time to go along the lake... I had a few
questions, so I figured I would call the FSS.
1. Meigs had recently been closed, but was still on current charts. I
wanted to verify that the airspace had been changed.

Just out of curiosity, what difference would that make on your flight?
Anytime a tower is closed, you treat the airport as non-towered.

Airspace changes often take months, as the proposed change has to be
published in the Federal Register well in advance of the actual change.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)


The truth is... at the time, I really didn't know what was going on
there with the tower/airspace. I guess I would have expected that it
hadn't been changed so that I could fly right by downtown without
communicating with anyone. (given the security environment at the time)
Turns out I was wrong, I could flight basically right by downtown.
It was a nice flight... until I passed over Meigs

Mike