[JYO] AOPA warns mistakes by a few are threatening privileges of many

AOPA warns mistakes by a few are threatening privileges of many
Three weekend incursions over Camp David

 July 1 — Three times this weekend, pilots entered the prohibited airspace 
P-40 over Camp David in western Maryland, (Near Hagerstown - HGR),  while the 
First Family was there. One of the incidents involved one or two ultralights, 
which military pilots were unable to track. The other two incursions involved 
light single-engine aircraft. Interviews with the pilots determined the 
incursions were accidental. No criminal charges will be filed, although the 
pilots still face possible administrative action by the FAA.

 "Accidental or not, these incursions hurt general aviation," said AOPA 
President Phil Boyer. "Every time a GA pilot strays into prohibited or 
restricted space, it leaves that impression with federal authorities that we 
are at best careless, and at worst, a threat."

 AOPA urges all pilots to carefully check notams along their route of flight. 
AOPA Online provides many of the national security-related <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/010915tfr.html";>temporary 
flight 
restrictions</A>, along with graphical depictions and plain-language 
explanations. However, the AOPA-supplied information is not an official 
government source and should be used only as a guide. Pilots must be sure to 
ask for all applicable notams from their preflight briefer.

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