NEW ADIZ REGULATION MAY AFFECT YOU! PLEASE READ
14 CFR PART 91.161: Requires pilots to receive ADIZ "Special Awareness Training" if they plan to fly in the DC area. This rule goes into effect on February 9, 2009.
ADIZ-related Safety-Education events and tours are periodically offered at the Potomac Consolidated TRACON, Vint Hill, Virginia. Take advantage of this opportunity; learn more about the new ADIZ and receive a rare tour of a TRACON facility, see
www.faa.gov/ato?k=pct
for registration and information.
Details of the New Rule:
The FAA is requiring "special awareness'' training for any pilot who flies under visual flight rules (VFR) within a 60-nautical- mile (NM) radius of the Washington, DC VHF omni-directional range/ distance measuring equipment (DCA VOR/DME). This training has been developed and provided by the FAA on its www.FAASAFETY.gov Web site and focuses primarily on training pilots on the procedures for flying in and around the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Defense Identification Zone and the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Flight Restricted Zone (FRZ). The rule is expected to reduce the number of unauthorized flights into the airspace of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area and FRZ through education of the pilot community.
Under this final rule, each pilot who is required to complete the training course should print and maintain a certificate of training completion (the certificate can be downloaded from the http:// www.FAASAFETY.gov Web site). When requested, the pilot must present the certificate of completion to an authorized representative of the FAA, an authorized representative of the National Transportation Safety Board, any Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer, or an authorized representative of the Transportation Security Administration. Completion of training will be recorded in the pilot's registered account on FAASafety.gov.
For more information, please contact:
Karen Arendt
FAA Safety Team Program Manager
13873 Park Center Road, #475
Herndon
, VA
20171
703-230-7664 X 206
karen.arendt@faa.gov
