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From: "Ron Galbraith" <cfi@instructor.net>
Subject: RVSM airspace starts Thursday 1/20/05

<P>Guys,</P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; Just wanted to remind you all that the DRVSM (domestic redu=
ced vertical separation minimum) starts this week.&nbsp; It won't affect mo=
st of you, but for those of you who fly at or above FL290 it will.&nbsp; Ba=
sically, you won't be able to fly above FL280, so don't even file it, you w=
on't get it.&nbsp; There are certain exception airplanes such as a Lifeguar=
d flight, foreign or us military, or test flights that may be approved into=
 the airspace, but you won't be able to just call your local ATC guy and as=
k for FL290, not even to just get over a thunderstorm.&nbsp; That airspace =
will be off limits 24 hrs per day to all airplanes except the ones that are=
 certified to go into that airspace, and the average cost to certify an air=
plane is something around $100,000.00.&nbsp; I say average, because there a=
re some airplanes that cost much more than that, and a few that cost less.&=
nbsp;&nbsp; There is one other exception to the rule that you might be able=
 to pull off and get into that airspace, and that is that aircraft manufact=
ure test flights will be allowed.&nbsp; You are the manufacture' of your La=
ncair, and if you need to go up there to test your engine, or whatever, the=
n that "might" work.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only other way into that airspace, isn=
't really into it but rather through it, and that is to fly at or above FL4=
10, and you will have to be able to go right to 410, no step climbs.&nbsp;&=
nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp; For those who might not have heard about this happening, th=
e minimum separation standard now is 2000' above FL290, and with RVSM, the =
minimum will be 1000', in other words there will be 5 more altitudes availa=
ble - FL300, FL320, FL340, FL360, and FL380, then back to 2000' above FL390=
.&nbsp; </P>
<P>Ron Galbraith</P>
<P>LNCE - N5ES</P><BR>