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The new ruling will go into effect on February 16, 2006. This action amends Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) Part 71 by modifying PHOTO JOURNALIST Don Winkler the MSP Class B airspace area. Specifically, this action expands the upper limits of Areas A, B, C, and D from 8,000 feet MSL to and including 10,000 feet MSL; expands CONTRIBUTING EDITORS the lateral limits of Area D to the northwest and southeast of MSP; adds an Area E within John Beasley George A. Larson 30 NM of the I-MSP DME (excluding areas to the north and south of MSP); and adds an Jim Bildilli Edward E. Leineweber Rose Dorcey Matthew Olafsen area F to the south of MSP. Jack Elliott Joe Oliva In response to the NPRM, the FAA received comments from the Aircraft Owners Robb Gessert Judy Peterson and Pilots Association (AOPA) which expressed a concern that the dimensions of the Jim LaMalfa Tom Thomas MSP Class B airspace area should conform to the unique needs of users, rather than ADVERTISING conform to a national standard. AOPA also expressed a concern that raising the vertical PHONE: (608) 835-7063 limits from 8,000 feet MSL to 10,000 feet MSL would ‘‘pose a serious operational limita- FAX: (608) 835-3323 tion to pilots wishing to over-fly’’ the MSP Class B airspace area. AOPA also expressed a E-MAIL: [email protected] desire for charted visual flight rules (VFR) flyways in the MSP terminal area. WEBSITE: www.midwestflyer.com The FAA has determined that some aircraft may have to fly farther or at lower or ISSUE CLOSING DATES higher altitudes to remain clear of the modified MSP Class B airspace area; however, DEADLINE ISSUE they claim this is necessary to separate them from large turbine-powered aircraft arriv- November 1 December - January ing and departing MSP. The management of aircraft operations to the new runway January 1 February - March will require several new arrival vector areas between the altitudes of 7,000 and March 1 April - May May 1 June - July 10,000 feet MSL over the MSP terminal area. Specifically, aircraft that currently pro- July 1 August - September ue ceed directly to MSP and then enter an east/west downwind pattern will be vectored September 1 October - November g to a downwind pattern via northbound and southbound paths located to the east and COPYRIGHTS west of MSP. This change in traffic flow is needed to accommodate three arrival MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE is published bimonthly by streams, rather than the current practice of using two arrival streams. As a result of Flyer Publications, Inc. with offices in Oregon, Wis. and these new procedures, approximately 900 high-performance aircraft will be vectored Appleton, Minn. Copyright 2005 by Flyer Publications, Inc. dialo to join arrival streams as far as 30 nautical miles (NM) from MSP between the alti- All rights reserved. Nothing in whole or in part may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. tudes of 7,000 and 10,000 feet MSL on a daily basis. In response to AOPA’s comment pertaining to VFR flyways, the FAA agrees that SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions are $15 per year, charted VFR flyways could minimize the impact on aircraft that choose to circumnavi- or $25 for two years. gate the MSP Class B airspace area. However, because VFR flyways are not DISTRIBUTION addressed in a Class B rulemaking action, the FAA plans to develop and institute VFR Readership consists principally of aircraft owners, fixed base flyways for the MSP terminal area through a separate, non-rulemaking process. operators, and airport management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the National Business Aviation North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska. Association (NBAA) expressed concern that the ‘‘southeast cut-out’’ of the proposed Area E would result in aircraft not being contained in Class B airspace when operating MAIL ALL ORDERS & CORRESPONDENCE TO: on the extended final approach course to the new Runway 35. They suggested reduc- MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE P.O. 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Appleton, Minnesota DECEMBER 2005/JANUARY 2006 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE 5 DIALOGUE CONTINUED ing the size of the cut-out by changing the VOL. 28, NO. 1 CONTENTS ISSN:0194-5068 western boundary of the proposed cut-out from the Gopher 170 degree radial to the ON THE COVER: EAA, home of the only Bugatti airplane, hosted the American Bugatti Club get- together for autos, September 14 at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh, Wis. Some two dozen Gopher 160 degree radial. The FAA automobiles from the American Bugatti Club joined the one-of-a-kind Bugatti 100 Racer aircraft. The agrees with this comment and has adopt- one-of-a-kind Bugatti 100 airplane was created in Europe during the 1930s for the specific purpose of ed the suggested modification. breaking the world speed record. World War II intervened before it had flown, however, and the airplane For a complete copy of this rule mak- was hidden from the Nazis for the duration of the war. The aircraft passed through several owners after the war until in 1996, Dr. Peter Williamson donated the Bugatti 100 to the EAA AirVenture Museum. ing, including the specifics concerning The exterior was restored and painted in the famed “Bugatti Blue” color.