Protest permanent implementation of the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone.

Protest now or see it near an airport near you in the future.

This alert went out to all 406,000 AOPA members on Oct. 5 and by Saturday afternoon more than 1,200 fresh protests had been registered. The flurry pushed the total number of comments registered on the controversial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to a little more than 2,000. Deadline for submissions is Nov. 2. AOPA President Phil Boyer said the concern is two-fold.

1.  He said the ADIZ is an exaggerated response to the minimal threat posed by light aircraft. He claims the capital has all the protection it needs from the 15-nm flight restricted zone (FRZ) around Washington. The 3,000-square-mile ADIZ causes operational and economic disruption, not to mention dramatically increasing a pilot's chances of being shot down.

2.  But such an action paves the way for costly, confusing flight restrictions within the footprint of every Class B airspace around the country." AOPA contends that other cities are considering asking for similar "protection" and this NPRM could be the catalyst.

You can go here: http://www.aopa.org/adizalert/ to make it even easier with a step-by-step guide to ensuring your voice is heard in Washington.

The URL will give you an idea of what you might want to say in you comments.
http://www.aopa.org/adizalert/help.html

Warm regards,

Gary

FXE (Fort Lauderdale Executive)
http://www.uslan.com/hinge-kit.html