SPECIAL AIRSPACE ALERT: WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA
SPECIAL AIRSPACE ALERT: WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA:
According to AOPA, general aviation is banned from the skies within 40 nm of Washington, D.C., tonight during President Bush's State of the Union address. The event has triggered a temporary flight restriction closing all 3,000 square miles of the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) to GA flights between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST tonight.
Of course, commercial airliners, far more capable of destructive actions, with most cargo completely unscreened, are free to fly happily over the same ADIZ. Trucks, boats, busses, SUVs, bulldozers, etc. are also free to roam unimpeded under the same ADIZ. People on the "no fly list" will be allowed inside the Capitol for the proceedings.
With all the possible "evils" out there to contend with, prohibiting general aviation should be the least of their worries. One definitely would have hoped that this "band aid" approach to national security would be over by now. Sadly, it seems that the majority of the public is gullible as ever.