[JYO] "No fly" zone over Washington, D.C., tonight

I will be having dinner tonight with Phil Boyer if anyone has any specific 
issues that they want me to talk about, let me know asap.

Thanks,

Ed

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Customs aircraft on patrol...
       
Jan. 28 — A "no fly" zone will surround Washington, D.C., tonight during 
President Bush's State of the Union address. The <A 
HREF="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/010915tfr.html#3/0642";>temporary
 flight restriction 
area</A> bans all general aviation flight, both VFR and IFR, within 30 nm of 
the 
Washington (DCA) VOR between 8 and 11 p.m. That effectively closes many area 
airports including Montgomery County (GAI), Leesburg (JYO), Dulles (IAD), 
Manassas (HEF), Lee (ANP), Tipton (FME), Suburban (W18), Freeway (W00), 
College Park (CGS), Washington Executive (W32), Baltimore (BWI), and Potomac 
(VKX).

In addition, Customs Service aircraft are now patrolling the Washington, 
D.C., area. The Blackhawk helicopters and Cessna Citation jets have 
previously been used to track drug runners and, according to Customs 
officials, are better suited to tracking small aircraft that might enter the 
restricted airspace around the nation's capital.

Pilots are again warned that the TFR will be strictly monitored. As one 
senior security official told AOPA last week, "No pilot wants to make the 
mistake of violating this TFR."


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