A deer runs onto the runway -- you need to go around. Add
power, raise the nose, start flap retraction…and push
forward on the controls. Does this sound right to you?
In many airplanes (maybe the one you fly), it is.
You can help save a piece of history, the Saturn V. Weather and
age have taken its toll on one of three remaining Saturn V rockets
at the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville (AL) and help is
needed for a face lift.
"While we certainly understand the need to take extra
precautions when top officials of all three branches of the federal
government are collected in one room," said Boyer, "we wonder what
kind of corresponding restrictions will be implemented on surface
transportation, which can get very close to the Capitol with much
greater payload than a Cessna 172."
Source: AOPA President Phil Boyer, on the FAA's
issuance Friday of what has become an unwelcome annual tradition:
the State Of The Union TFR, which will restrict ALL general
aviation traffic for four hours on January 31st.
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