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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Oct 13, 2007
Description:
The Pearce Ferry airport was unattended. An exception in the Grand Canyon airspace restrictions for aircraft landing and departing from the airport offered a good excuse for treading around the restricted area. That’s the official reason I landed.
Date Taken:
Oct 13, 2007
Place Taken:
Pearce Ferry Airport, AZ
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
289, An Indirect Relocation
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Bob Toerner - Oct 16,2007
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Dan.. I just showed these pics to Kendall (14 yrs old) he said (can we do something cool like that next summer??? Thanks for raising the bar even higher !
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Dan Nickens - Oct 16,2007
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Go for it, Bob. The window of opportunity is short. When Kendall is 16 he'll want to hang with chicks instead of his dear old dad.
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Chet Tims - Oct 17,2007
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So Dan.... I surmise that if one wants to do some 'snoopin' around in the general area, all one needs to do is spool up somewhere near, declare your destination as Pearce Ferry and you're good to sight-see all the way TO and from, right ?
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Dan Nickens - Oct 17,2007
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Not exactly, Chet. The Pearce Ferry airport lies next to the Grand Canyon Special Flight Rules Area, or SFRA (Special Federal Aviation Regulation 50-2, FAR 93 Subpart U, 93.301 to 93.325). The regulated airspace extends outside of the park boundary and encompasses from the surface to 18,000'. Commercial operators conduct up to 90 operations per hour through designated airways during summer months. In the western sector encompassing Pearce Ferry (not the airport) the Minimum Sector Altitude for General Aviation is 8000'. You also have to monitor a designated frequency while operating in the SFRA (121.95 for the Pearce Ferry area). The Grand Canyon VFR Chart shows the areas and frequencies. But, to get back to your question, there is an exception for aircraft landing or taking off from Pearce Ferry airport below 3,000' and within 3 miles of the airport. As long as you are within that exceptional area, and taking off or landing at the airport, all you have to do is watch out for the air traffic and the California Condors (wing span up to 9.5' and weighing as much as 24 pounds). There are reportedly as many as 50 of the big vultures sharing the busy airspace.
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Frank A. Carr - Oct 18,2007
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I had the great fortune (due to old age) of flying the Grand Canyon <br />before the SFRA was invented. I also <br />flew over Manhattan with no radio, no clearance, no ATC and legally. <br />But back to the Canyon:<br /> A couple of interesting tidbits about the first flight rules implemented at <br />the Canyon:<br />1. The first restrictions were not imposed by the FAA, but the National <br />Park Service. The reason stated was 'noise harming the environment of <br />the Canyon'. The arguement that noise goes away went unheard.<br />2. This caused some gov'mnt in-fighting until the FAA realized that here <br />was an opportunity for more rule <br />making. And they enthusiastically took on the charge.<br />3. These first restricitions imposed VFR check points that were <br />not associated with any identifiable <br />landmark, AND this was before the advent of GPS. To comply, if you had <br />Loran, you <br />could measure the lat/lon from <br />the map and manually input the coordinates (the coords were not <br />published), or <br />you could use a radial and range <br />from a distant VOR if you had DME to approximate the waypoint.<br />4. It was a classic, almost funny, case of non-pilots drawing some lines <br />on a map and saying airplanes <br />needed to stay within the lines-or else.<br />5. I actually flew these absurd corridors once, but that was also before <br />the advent of F-16's.<br />6. Now, through the magic of GPS technology, we can comply more <br />precisely with the loss of freedom.<br />7. But I'm not bitter, or, perhaps?
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