[JYO] CAMP DAVID TFR TO EXPAND THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CAMP DAVID TFR TO EXPAND THURSDAY THROUGH  SUNDAY
Pilots flying in the Mid-Atlantic area are cautioned that  the
temporary flight restriction (TFR) area centered on Prohibited  Area
P-40, the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, will  grow
larger this week. The TFR will extend to a  10-nautical-mile-radius
below 18,000 feet beginning at 5:45 p.m. local on  Thursday, August
31, and continuing through 1 p.m. local on Sunday, September  3.

AOPA urges pilots to be extremely vigilant this coming weekend  when
flying in the vicinity of both the Camp David TFR and the  Washington,
D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). No pilot is immune  from
the possibility of a violation, and complacency hurts all  pilots.

The notam prohibits practice instrument approaches within the  TFR.
All operations (except military, law enforcement, and air  ambulance)
are prohibited within 5 nm up to 17,999 feet. Between 5 nm and 10  nm,
aircraft must be on an active IFR or VFR flight plan with a  discrete
transponder code assigned by air traffic control and must  maintain
radio contact with ATC. All such flights must be for ingress,  egress,
or transit only. Flight training, practice instrument  approaches,
aerobatic flight, glider operations, parachute operations,  ultralight,
hang gliding, and balloon operations, agriculture/crop dusting,  animal
population control fight operations, and commercial cargo  carrier
operations that fail to meet or exceed the TSA domestic  security
inspection program standards are not authorized. Also, all  aircraft
departing from private airports are required to be on a heading  away
from the center of P-40. See the full text of the notam and a  graphic
( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#6/8085 ).

The  affected landing facility is Mid Atlantic Soaring Center (W73).

Because  TFR airspace frequently changes, AOPA strongly encourages
pilots to obtain a  briefing and CHECK NOTAMS before every flight.
TFR violators will be  intercepted and forced to land.

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