SUBJECT: TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS

CANCELLATION:  July 11, 2004

TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS (TFR) ARE IN PLACE IN MANY STATES. THESE TFR’s ARE NOT SHOWN ON SECTIONAL OR OTHER AERONAUTICAL CHARTS. TFR INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATIONS (FSS) OR DUATS. VIOLATING A TFR AREA CAN LEAD TO INTERCEPTION BY MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND POSSIBLE FAA LEGAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION BEING TAKEN.

PROPER FLIGHT PLANNING IS CRUCIAL TO AVOIDING FLIGHT INTO TFRs. PILOTS MUST FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH ALL NOTAMS AND TFR’s ALONG THEIR PROPOSED ROUTE.  EVERY PILOT NEEDS TO OBTAIN THE LATEST NOTAMs FROM AN FSS CONTROLLER OR VIA DUATS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO FLIGHT. THE FAA HAS PLACED SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE NEED FOR FSS TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO PILOTS. PILOTS SHOULD QUERY THE FSS CONTROLLER TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE MOST CURRENT TFR INFORMATION FOR THEIR FLIGHT. IF IN DOUBT ASK THE FSS CONTROLLER IF THERE ARE ANY TFRs TO AVOID ON YOUR ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF OBTAINING TFR/NOTAM INFORMATION PRIOR TO FLIGHT CANNOT BE REINFORCED ENOUGH.  TO ASSIST PILOTS WITH ACCESS TO TFR INFORMATION CONCERNING THEIR ROUTE AND INCREASE YOUR ABILITY TO DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE A TFR IS THE FOLLOWING INTERNET SITES PROVIDE BOTH TEXTUAL AND IN SOME CASES GRAPHICAL INFORMATION:

PILOTS PLANNING ON TRANSITING THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA ARE REMINDED THAT WITH CURRENT TFRS AND PROHIBITED AREAs IN THIS LOCAL, IT IS PRUDENT TO REMAIN BEYOND 15 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE DCA VOR/DME.

BECAUSE CHANGES IN AIRSPACE OPERATIONS ARE CONSTANT IT CANNOT BE STRESSED ENOUGH HOW ESSENTIAL FLIGHT PLANNING IS TO PILOTS AND THAT IT IS CRITICAL THEY OBTAIN ALL NOTAMS PERTINENT TO THEIR ROUTE OF FLIGHT INCLUDING ALL TFRS.

              /S/

JEFF GRIFFITH, AAT-2