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I am pushing this through from the AOPA, the president is visiting. ==> ATTENTION PILOTS <== FAA TO ESTABLISH TFR OVER HIGHLAND HEIGHTS ON FRIDAY AOPA is sending this message to advise pilots in and near Highland Heights, Kentucky, that the FAA has issued a notam restricting flight in the area during President Bush's planned visit on Friday, May 19. There will be a large 30-nautical-mile-radius temporary flight restriction (TFR) centered on the CVG VOR's 089-degree radial at 8.2 miles, extending up to Flight Level 180. It will be in effect from 2:55 p.m. local until 7:15 p.m. local on Friday. Also, there will be multiple smaller 10-nm-radius GA no-fly zones in effect within the larger TFR during that timeframe. See AOPA Online for the full text of the notam along with a graphical depiction ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/notams.html#6/7745 ). The affected landing facilities are Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG), Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK...

Aviation ...... Note: For those that don't know, "The Sled" is the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane from the 1960's and still the fastest airplane. In his book, "Sled Driver", SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: "I'll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my back-seater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles high. We were monitoring various radio transmissions from other aircraft as we entered Los Angeles airspace. Though they didn't really control us, they did monitor our movement across their scope. I heard a Cessna ask for a readout of its ground speed."90 knots" Center replied. Moments later, a Twin Beech required the same. "120 knots," Center answered. We weren't the only ones proud of our ground speed that day as almost instantly an F-18 smugly transmitted, "Ah, Center, Dusty 52 requests ground speed readout." There was a slight pause, then the...

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