X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:42:49 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c4) with ESMTP id 761694 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:38:32 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.35; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r5.5.) id q.1f0.4613d80b (3866) for ; Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:37:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <1f0.4613d80b.307d445a@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:37:46 EDT Subject: DC ADIZ X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1129048666" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5009 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1129048666 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en =20 The following was sent to the Docket, my state rep (Judy Biggert) and both=20 senators from IL (Durbin and Obama) and AOPA. =20 =20 RE: Comments concerning Docket No. FAA-2004-17005=20 Date: 11 October 2005=20 I am a 2000 hour Commercial MEL Instrument pilot operating out of KARR, an=20 airport just outside the KORD (Chicago O=E2=80=99Hare) Class B ring at abou= t 29 NM and=20 just inside the 30 NM transponder veil. I currently own one airplane that I= =20 use for personal flight to the far corners of the continental US, flying=20 about 120 hours per year. A 175 KIAS cruise speed gets me to those corner= s=20 rather quickly.=20 However, one place I can=E2=80=99t easily go to is inside the DC ADIZ witho= ut=20 installing temporary 12=E2=80=9D registration numbers on my small aircraft=20= (currently=20 affixed 3=E2=80=9D numbers =E2=80=93 See FAR 45.29(h)). This is a useless r= estriction, as is the =20 ADIZ in general. So much for GA getting close enough to even carry a=20 visitor to our nation=E2=80=99s capitol. =20 Similarly, abusive TFRs have also negatively impacted VFR flight. Here, in= =20 the Chicago area, the lateral extent of the NFL game TFR (Soldier Field)= =20 eliminates a common west to east VFR corridor under the ORD Class B along t= he=20 Eisenhower Expressway. There aren=E2=80=99t enough controllers to handle VF= R traffic=20 (and many times IFR traffic) thru the Class B or MDW Class C.=20 I am opposed to extending or making permanent the ADIZ in the Washington, D= C=20 area. Even though I am not based in that region, I can imagine how=20 severely it must limit simple operations in and around the ADIZ. I came to= this =20 conclusion by considering what a similar 30 NM ADIZ around O=E2=80=99Hare (K= ORD) would =20 mean to this area. =20 Inside such an ORD ADIZ: Besides Midway (KMDW), Waukegan (KUGN), Palwaukee= =20 (KPWK), DuPage (KDPA) and Aurora (KARR), all reliever airports, would be=20 severely affected and the economic impact would be even worse. Lewis Univer= sity=20 (KLOT), specializing in aviation education and training that would be=20 diminished. Naper Aero and Brookeridge, both airpark communities would be=20= devalued. =20 Joliet (KJOT), Lansing (KIGQ) and Gary, IN (KGYY) would have traffic=20 patterns and approaches negatively affected by their closeness to such an A= DIZ (less=20 than 1 mile). Of course, there are many more airports that would also feel= =20 the ADIZ hammer.=20 An ADIZ has not and will not accomplish its=E2=80=99 stated purpose. It wi= ll affect=20 General Aviation (GA) and safety by overloading controllers, reducing=20 flights to retain pilot currency, providing a barrier to avoiding bad weath= er and=20 other economic detriments too numerous to list. GA is just another element= of=20 intermodal transportation =E2=80=93 it should not be singled out for undue=20= and=20 baseless restrictions.=20 Scott Krueger=20 <> -------------------------------1129048666 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en
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The following was sent to the Docket, my state rep (Judy Biggert) = and=20 both senators from IL (Durbin and Obama) and AOPA.
 

RE: Comments concerning Docket No.=20 FAA-2004-17005

 

Date: 11 October 2005

 

I am a 2000 hour Commercial MEL Instru= ment=20 pilot operating out of KARR, an airport just outside the KORD (Chicago O=E2= =80=99Hare)=20 Class B ring at about 29 NM and just inside the 30 NM transponder veil.  I currently own one airplane that=20= I use=20 for personal flight to the far corners of the continental US, flying about 1= 20=20 hours per year.  A 175 KIAS cr= uise=20 speed gets me to those corners rather quickly.

 

However, one place I can=E2=80=99t eas= ily go to is=20 inside the DC ADIZ without installing temporary 12=E2=80=9D registration num= bers on my=20 small aircraft (currently affixed 3=E2=80=9D numbers =E2=80=93 See FAR 45.29= (h)).  This is a useless restriction, as=20= is the=20 ADIZ in general.  So much for=20= GA=20 getting close enough to even carry a visitor to our nation=E2=80=99s capitol= .=20

 

Similarly, abusive TFRs have also nega= tively=20 impacted VFR flight.  Here, in= the=20 Chicago=20= area,=20 the lateral extent of the NFL  game=20 TFR (Soldier Field) eliminates a common west to east VFR corridor under the=20= ORD=20 Class B along the Eisenhower Expressway.&n= bsp;=20 There aren=E2=80=99t enough controllers to handle VFR traffic (and ma= ny times IFR=20 traffic) thru the Class B or MDW Class C.

 

I am opposed to extending or making=20 permanent the ADIZ in the Washington, DC=20 area.  Even though I am not ba= sed in=20 that region, I can imagine how severely it must limit simple operations in a= nd=20 around the ADIZ.  I came to th= is=20 conclusion by considering what a similar 30 NM ADIZ around O=E2=80=99Hare (K= ORD) would=20 mean to this area.

 

Inside such an ORD ADIZ:  Besides Midway (KMDW), Waukegan (K= UGN),=20 Palwaukee (KPWK), DuPage (KDPA) and Aurora (KARR), all reliever airports, wo= uld=20 be severely affected and the economic impact would be even worse.  Lewis University (KLOT), specializ= ing in=20 aviation education and training that would be diminished.  Naper Aero and Brookeridge, both a= irpark=20 communities would be devalued. =20 Joliet (KJOT), Lansing (KIGQ) and Gary, IN=20 (KGYY) would have traffic patterns and approaches negatively affected by the= ir=20 closeness to such an ADIZ (less than 1 mile).  Of course, there are many more air= ports=20 that would also feel the ADIZ hammer.

 

 An ADIZ has not and will not accomp= lish=20 its=E2=80=99 stated purpose.  = It will affect=20 General Aviation (GA) and safety by overloading controllers, reducing flight= s to=20 retain pilot currency, providing a barrier to avoiding bad weather and other= =20 economic detriments too numerous to list.&= nbsp;=20 GA is just another element of intermodal transportation =E2=80=93 it=20= should not=20 be singled out for undue and baseless restrictions.

 

Scott Krueger

 

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