[JYO] FAA allows some operations between "DC-3" airports

FAA allows some operations between "DC-3" airports
Much more needed to help Washington, D.C.-area airports, AOPA says

Dec. 11 — Life has gotten somewhat better for pilots at three general 
aviation airports in the Washington, D.C., area. The FAA issued <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/010915tfr.html#2/2720";>a 
revised 
notam</A> permitting based pilots with the proper security clearances to fly 
between College Park Airport (CGS), Potomac Airfield (VKX), and Washington 
Executive/Hyde Field (W32). Previously, based aircraft could only fly to and 
from their home airports in the Washington <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2002/sfar94.html";>special flight 
rules area</A>.

In October, AOPA petitioned the FAA to allow vetted based pilots to operate 
between the three D.C.-area airports, to allow air traffic pattern work and 
to restore transient operations within the Washington, D.C., special flight 
rules area.

"While we are pleased the FAA has positively responded to one of our 
requests, it is imperative that transient operations also be restored if the 
economic viability of these impacted airports is to be reestablished," said 
Andy Cebula, senior vice president of Government and Technical Affairs. "It's 
clear that unless transient operations are restored, the 'DC-3' airports 
cannot survive."

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