Presidential TFRs -- AUGH!

Sure -- the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI, in the middle
of absolutely no where Wisconsin, to visit the Bong Museum (BOTH kids are at
camp -- heh, heh) -- and the President of the United States chooses TODAY to
visit Duluth, MN.

Right across the bridge from Superior...

It's a no-fly zone till later tonight...

What perfect timing. I don't think anyone can calculate the odds of this
happening.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:XIZIc.81886$Oq2.81393@attbi_s52...
Sure -- the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI, in the
middle
of absolutely no where Wisconsin, to visit the Bong Museum (BOTH kids are
at
camp -- heh, heh) -- and the President of the United States chooses TODAY
to
visit Duluth, MN.

Right across the bridge from Superior...

It's a no-fly zone till later tonight...

What perfect timing. I don't think anyone can calculate the odds of this
happening.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"



i'd say it was a 100% chance today that it happned.

would filing IFR have helped?

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:XIZIc.81886$Oq2.81393@attbi_s52...
Sure -- the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI, in the
middle
of absolutely no where Wisconsin, to visit the Bong Museum (BOTH kids are
at
camp -- heh, heh) -- and the President of the United States chooses TODAY
to
visit Duluth, MN.

Right across the bridge from Superior...

It's a no-fly zone till later tonight...

What perfect timing. I don't think anyone can calculate the odds of this
happening.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 7/13/04 6:52 PM, in article XIZIc.81886$Oq2.81393@attbi_s52, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Sure -- the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI, in the middle
of absolutely no where Wisconsin, to visit the Bong Museum (BOTH kids are at
camp -- heh, heh) -- and the President of the United States chooses TODAY to
visit Duluth, MN.

Right across the bridge from Superior...

It's a no-fly zone till later tonight...

What perfect timing. I don't think anyone can calculate the odds of this
happening.

I feel your pain. I could have squeezed in a retest of the IFR approach I
botched at Knoxville, TN this past Saturday, if it weren't for the Pres-TFR
on Sunday. But now I have to wait two weeks for the examiner to get back
from Maine where he's on vacation.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
www.cartoonclipart.com

Get this: the president is talking at the Waukesha Expo Center tomorrow, and
in addition to the airport being closed to flying due to the TFR, I won't
even be able to get to my hangar, since the Expo is adjacent to the airport
and access to the airport is also being blocked.

I don't care whether it's Bush, Kerry, or the King of Siam, it's still
annoying. I know in the grand scheme of things it's a minor inconvenience,
but still...

It's not a minor inconvenience. It's obscene. These guys are ELECTED
officials. They work for you and me, and we shouldn't have to relinquish
one iota of our rights to travel, trade, or communicate just because
THEY have decided to run for PUBLIC office.

Viperdoc wrote:
Get this: the president is talking at the Waukesha Expo Center tomorrow, and
in addition to the airport being closed to flying due to the TFR, I won't
even be able to get to my hangar, since the Expo is adjacent to the airport
and access to the airport is also being blocked.

I don't care whether it's Bush, Kerry, or the King of Siam, it's still
annoying. I know in the grand scheme of things it's a minor inconvenience,
but still...

Sheesh, what a bunch of cry babies. Presidential TFR's have been around for
decades. Get over it.

--
Jim

carry on

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:XIZIc.81886

....the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI,.... and the
President...chooses TODAY to visit Duluth.....

I'm guessing he Prez picked today for his trip before you picked today for
your trip.....not that it would matter, I suppose.

:-)

JG

In article , Jim Herring wrote:
Sheesh, what a bunch of cry babies. Presidential TFR's have been around for
decades. Get over it.

Yes but they have not been as large as they currently are. I fly from
KBFI and every time (vice)pres and/or wife came to town they closed the
airport. No problem, normally it was closed for either 45min while around
takeoff/landing, and open inbetween, or closed for 3-5hrs total. Now they
shut everything down, including the roads near the airport. With a
25nm~50nm radius moving TFR. It's not the same thing, and you know it

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:XIZIc.81886$Oq2.81393@attbi_s52...
Sure -- the ONE time in my life I want to fly to Superior, WI, in the middle
of absolutely no where Wisconsin, to visit the Bong Museum (BOTH kids are at
camp -- heh, heh) -- and the President of the United States chooses TODAY to
visit Duluth, MN.

Right across the bridge from Superior...

It's a no-fly zone till later tonight...

What perfect timing. I don't think anyone can calculate the odds of this
happening.

I flew from St Louis to Atlanta on Monday and he was in Knoxville. Not
on my path but close. Checking TFRs is more important than checkng
weather. You can see weather - TFRs come out of nowhere.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.