[Scan-DC] CAP over Thurmont in place

[ka3jjz at netscape.com]

the home of Camp David - from CitationJet and Freqhopping on the RadioReference Maryland forum:

FDC 6/6445 - PART 1 OF 4 FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS HAGERSTOWN/THURMONT, MARYLAND, AUGUST 17-20, 2006 LOCAL. PURSUANT TO TITLE 14, SECTION 91.141 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AIRCRAFT FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARE PROHIBITED. WITHIN A 10 NMR OF 393853N/0772800W OR THE MRB055023.7 UP TO BUT NOT INCLUDING FL180 EFFECTIVE 0608171810 UTC (1410 LOCAL 08/17/06) UNTIL 0608201700 UTC (1300 LOCAL 08/20/06). EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED BELOW: A. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE AIRSPACE BETWEEN 5 NM RADIUS AND 10 NM RADIUS, PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET: 1) BE ON AN ACTIVE IFR OR VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH A DISCRETE CODE ASSIGNED BY ATC. 2) REMAIN IN TWO-WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC. 3) FLIGHTS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND TRANSIT ONLY. NO LOITERING. 4) ALL AIRCRAFT DEPARTING FROM PRIVATE AIRPORTS/AIR FIELDS MUST BE ON A HEADING AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE P-40 / R-4009 AIRSPACE. END PART 1 OF 4 WIE UNTIL UFN

A wiki page detailing past CAP frequencies, and who's using them, can be found here; 

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Combat_Air_Patrols

So far, there's been a report of 142.125 and 141.775, both PITTMAN (Shaw AFB) units; the Guard Dog freqs as well as the standard 260.9 (Huntress) have all shown up so far.  

73s Mike

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