Let's Celebrate 100 Years of Powered Flight By Excluding Pilots
Gee, thanks George W. Bush for spoiling the plans of pilots across the country by deciding to grace First Flight with his presence, thus essentially shutting down the General Aviation airports closest to the celebration. What an ironic slap in the face to the freedom of flight.
As Phil Boyer, President of the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) said, "This has got to be the bitterest irony — that America will celebrate a century of powered flight by grounding aircraft at the birthplace of powered flight," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Certainly the President deserves protection when he travels. But because his security personnel continue to insist on demanding oversized TFRs, the inheritors of the Wright brothers' legacy — America's pilots — are being penalized." Read the AOPA article here