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Old 07-31-2010 | 11:17 AM
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Default RE: A WAKE-UP Call

ORIGINAL: combatpigg

It will be very interesting to hear about any future encounters between model plane flyers and the feds for not checking the TFRs before hand.
I doubt we will see anything like that unless somebody decides it would be fun to buzz the motorcade with his 40% [X(]

I really don't see the Secret Service or anyone else tracking down every model flier within the area of a TFR. But I still think it is a good idea to follow them as best we can since I see no positive outcome of getting caught ignoring them. The only motivation I see for non-compliance is some juvenile reaction to authority or some bizarre decision to "show the man" or some such nonsense. I suppose people who will ignore these are the same folks who will run a red light late at night because nobody is watching them.

I think that including models in a TFR is a little over conservative, but until we can get that language removed I will comply with them. We get them in LA fairly often, so far they have not been a huge problem to comply with.