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Old 1st Feb 2007, 04:31
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Dick Smith
 
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Sunfish, I hope you go ahead – you will find it fantastic. Remember, if you are flying VFR in Oregon, most of your flying will be below radar coverage because of the mountain ranges. You will be in Class E airspace with no mandatory transponder requirement below 10,000 feet (unless you are within 30 nm of Class B).

Even more amazing is that the closest CTAF(R) with a radio requirement (i.e. mandatory) will be over 6,000 nautical miles away.

You will also be able to fly directly over all Class D airports in Oregon above 2,500 feet AGL without a clearance. You will do this in very high levels of safety because the air traffic controller will be concentrating where the collisions are likely to exist – that is, the circuit area and on the runway.

The simplicity and friendliness of the airspace system results in an absolute boom in general aviation. You’ll love it.
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