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Greg Fletcher March 21, 2010 at 10:24am

I work near Chicago and about a year ago Obama came back home for a couple of days. Thats when I learned of the 30 mile restriction from the FAA website. That day the TFR went into effect around 1:00 I think. I was surprised that it prohibited every think but kites and homing pidgins. I work near a fly in community and all ways see planes landing or departing. That morning there were none. On my lunch break I drove to the RC field nearby witch is part of the Cook Co. forest preserve and just inside the 30 mi limit. There was one older guy there cleaning his plane. I told him of the TFR and he couldn't believe it.He said he only flw a short time cause it was cold and windy. He left and I returned to my car and saw a dark colored helicopter flying strait for the field. I watched it and then the park police drove in rather quickly, stopped and looked around. Seeing no one flying he left. The helli flew all most to the field and then did a 180 and returned towards the city.

hovercycle March 21, 2010 at 9:52am

It's not so extraordinary at all... And yeah, I'm sure they have jammers...

hovercycle March 21, 2010 at 8:52am

The AMA sent out a notice to the Minneapolis area last year via email... When Barrack came to town. The defined airspace was also 30 miles in radius.

Michael Lingg March 19, 2010 at 9:46am

If the RC plane doesn't go higher than 100 feet or fly too near an official vehicle, will it even get noticed or anyone care?

Curt Olson March 18, 2010 at 7:31pm

My RC club (about 20 miles north of the airport) gets shutdown for any presidential visit. Seems pretty stupid ... I wouldn't even pay attention except a few of the club members take this stuff a little too seriously. So I go throw paper airplanes off my back deck and just see if they can catch me. What the hell ... equal bankruptcy for all!

Earl March 18, 2010 at 5:39pm

hi Doug, Are you on the chat ?
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Doug Weibel March 18, 2010 at 5:30pm

I'm 30 miles away, and subject to the TFR for all my aircraft, full scale and model, when Obama comes to town.

Jack Crossfire March 18, 2010 at 4:26pm

Pretty normal for us. Now you get to serve our rulers.

Angus Peart March 18, 2010 at 3:33pm

Thanks for the link Gary!

That's taken slightly out of context by Crikey. They are restricting just about everything, hot air balloons, parachutes, ultralights etc., not just model aircraft.

People seem to assume that restricting these kinds of things are because of the threat of someone flying an explosive model plane into a target. They watch too many movies.
It's not so much that in my opinion, it's more the ability to have an eye in the sky, seeing exactly the movements of people/vehicles.

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