Just a reminder....spread the word to all aviators. Make sure that you check NOTAMs and TFRs if you're going to be operating in or near the area....
The FAA will establish two Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR) over MetLife Stadium. From approximately noon to 4 p.m. EST, a small, one-nautical-mile radius TFR will cover the "NFL Experience" activities at the stadium. The one-mile TFR will extend up to 3,000 feet in altitude. From approximately 4 p.m. EST to one hour after the game ends, the FAA will establish a second TFR consisting of an outer 30-nautical-mile ring and an inner eight-nautical-mile ring. This TFR will extend up to 18,000 feet in altitude. The eight-mile and one-mile rings are the most restrictive and will permit only public safety flights, military aircraft, and commercial passenger, cargo operating under a Transportation Security Administration-approved security program. Flights by media, banner towers, blimps, general aviation, or any other flight activities are prohibited within the eight-mile ring, and no waivers or exceptions have been approved at this time. In the airspace between the eight-mile ring and the 30-mile ring, general aviation pilots must tune their aircraft transponders to a discreet beacon code that FAA air traffic control has assigned, and pilots must communicate constantly with air traffic controllers. The FAA expects an additional 1,200 general aviation flights to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan airports during Super Bowl XLVIII. The FAA will use air traffic management strategies such as separating Super Bowl transient traffic from normal air traffic operations and assigning departure slots for flights operating at general aviation airports within the TFR to minimize the impact to scheduled air carrier operations. The FAA will increase staffing and hours of operation at Air Traffic Control facilities as needed. The FAA anticipates that the exodus of aircraft from the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area airports will begin at Super Bowl halftime, and will extend through Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. General aviation aircraft at airports underlying the eight-mile TFR ring will not be able to depart until the TFR is lifted. Super Bowl attendees who want to depart by aircraft while the TFR is in effect must travel to an airport outside the eight-mile ring and keep the aircraft at that airport while they are in the area. The existing helipad at MetLife Stadium will be available for NFL use. Helicopter flights in the inner ring will cease when the TFR becomes active.
NER will soon be distributing TFR awareness posters around local airports all over the surrounding region.
Sounds good. I am a cadet and im just curious. Is it the aircrew teams doing this or ground teams too? That sounds like something I would love to do during the super bowl.
A TFR is not something CAP participates in actively. A TFR is a notice to flyers, publishing "DON'T FLY HERE" areas. The happen all the time for certain events, like the Super Bowl, presidential visits, airshows, etc.
Quote from: nomiddlemas on January 27, 2014, 10:52:45 PM
Sounds good. I am a cadet and im just curious. Is it the aircrew teams doing this or ground teams too? That sounds like something I would love to do during the super bowl.
Not really much of a "crew" mission, but flyers were distributed by both air and ground transportation.
CAP PARTICIPATING IN CONR PRE-SUPER BOWL SECURITY EXERCISE FLIGHTS
http://capvolunteernow.com/todays-features/?cap_participating_in_conr_presuper_bowl_security_exercise_flights&show=news&newsID=18002 (http://capvolunteernow.com/todays-features/?cap_participating_in_conr_presuper_bowl_security_exercise_flights&show=news&newsID=18002)
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Continental United States NORAD Region – 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern)
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region (CONR) fighters, along with participants from Civil Air Patrol and other interagency partners, will be busy well before Super Bowl Sunday preparing to protect the skies around the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Just like Super Bowl teams, CONR and its interagency partners practice before the big game.
Exercise Amalgam Virgo 14-01, a NORAD air defense exercise, will be conducted Wednesday in the greater East Rutherford area so interagency partners can practice procedures for responding to airspace violations."
http://on.fb.me/1jH3GCi (http://on.fb.me/1jH3GCi)
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QuoteA Civil Air Patrol aircraft taxis at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. on Jan. 28 prior to an intercept exercise in preparation for Super Bowl XLVIII. The Civil Air Patrol played the role of a wayward aircraft during the exercise. U.S. Air Force assets will be part of a joint team involving the FBI, Customs & Border Protection, Civil Air Patrol, and the FAA providing security for the Super Bowl in the air on game day. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released) U.S. Air Force