It's going to be wall-to-wall Feds in Duluth for the next few months... Cirrus and the FAA have announced the launch of a joint program designed to provide 250 FAA Inspectors with familiarization of the next generation of personal aircraft. Advanced design composite aircraft and all-glass cockpits are becoming more common as personal aviation evolves into the 21st Century. As a leader in composite aircraft design and manufacture, Cirrus will provide a thorough familiarization program to the FAA. The familiarization program has two tracks for the two different types of inspectors who will attend. 125 Flight Operations Inspectors will receive ground and flight familiarization in the SR22 as their primary means of gaining a more in depth understanding of the flight characterist

Airspace Switcheroo Bad For GA

AOPA says proposed changes to two military operations areas (MOAs) near Lyons, Kansas, would create unsafe flying conditions and have a severe negative impact on a general aviation airport that underlies the MOAs. Ellsworth Municipal Airport (9K7) is currently under Bison MOA, whose floor is 200 feet above Ellsworth's traffic pattern. The Air Force request would shift the boundary between Bison and the adjoining Smoky MOA so that half of Ellsworth would remain under Bison and half under Smoky, whose floor is only 500 feet above ground level. In a letter to the FAA, the association said the proposal needs to be changed.

Yep, The Prez Again

TFR: NOTAM:  4/1648  Issued:  03/02/2004 12:54  Effective:  03/03/2004 20:25 - 03/04/2004 17:00  State:  CA  Facility:  ZLA - LOS ANGELES (ARTCC)PALMDALE, CA.  Type:  VIP  Description:  LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 3-4, 2004 LOCAL.   

VIP Visit

NOTAM:  4/1650  Issued:  03/02/2004 13:05  Effective:  03/04/2004 16:40 - 03/04/2004 19:20  State:  CA  Facility:  ZLA - LOS ANGELES (ARTCC) PALMDALE, CA.  Type:  VIP  Description:  BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 4, 2004 LOCAL.   

Back On The Ranch

NOTAM:  4/1652  Issued:  03/02/2004 13:48  Effective:  03/04/2004 18:00 - 03/08/2004 16:35  State:  TX  Facility:  ZFW - FORT WORTH (ARTCC),TX.  Type:  VIP  Description:  CRAWFORD, TEXAS, MARCH 4-8, 2004 LOCAL. 

VIP Visit

NOTAM:  4/1649  Issued:  03/02/2004 13:03  Effective:  03/04/2004 19:20 - 03/04/2004 22:25  State:  CA  Facility:  ZOA - OAKLAND (ARTCC),CA.  Type:  VIP  Description:  SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 4, 2004 LOCAL.