FAA shrinks Washington ADIZ

[kallend 1,623]

FAA SIMPLIFIES, SHRINKS ADIZ
(www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/931-full.html#195743)
The FAA will reduce the size and simplify the geography of the
Washington Air Defense Identification Zone cutting 1,200 square miles
from the zone and removing 33 airports. The new zone gets rid of the
so-called "Mickey Mouse ears" that described the complex shape of the
old ADIZ and creates an almost perfect circle 30 nm across, centered
on Washington. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey made the announcement
at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh today. The new ADIZ takes effect on Aug.
30. Blakey said the new ADIZ was shaped based on consultation with
aviation groups and the 20,000 comments received from the public when
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued two years ago. "Score one
for GA," she told a happy crowd that loudly applauded the decision.
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Hard to believe the FAA actually listened to users of the airspace!

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[JohnRich 4]

But you just told us in another thread how the government was trying to take the sky away from private pilots.

Which is it?

[pilotdave 0]

The large ADIZ is a major pain in the butt for the FAA. An area where anybody can fly, but you need to jump through a bunch of FAA hoops for every flight. I'm guessing this was a cost saving measure, not a pro-general-aviation measure.

Still doesn't help the airport I used to fly out of, which is inside the flight restriction zone. Getting cleared to fly in and out was a huge pain. Got fingerprinted by the FBI, got my secret PIN number, but never had the chance to actually do it. The ADIZ was bad enough...

Dave

[tkhayes 126]

it is both - they are still working on many issues against GA. Reducing the ADIZ size is a complete surprise to me - you'd almost think they cared or something.

[JoeBobinNC 0]

This shows how excellent a tool the NPRM comment period is to facilitate change. I think too few people are aware of it.

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