Tampa Class B 'bridge' up and running
A popular uncharted procedure, often referred to as "The Bridge," which allows pilots to transit the Tampa Class B airspace from the northeast to the southwest by flying directly over Tampa International, is fully operational once again. AOPA and Albert Whitted Airport Support Network volunteer Jack Tunstill worked with the Tampa Tracon to restore the procedure after the FAA had suspended it. The procedure had been in place for more than 30 years, but the internal process air traffic controllers used to direct pilots was not approved. The process has been revised, and 60 controllers have been trained on the procedure.
October 27, 2006
Pilot Skip Gibbs regularly uses his Bonanza A36 to bring medical volunteers and supplies to remote areas of Mexico. Just before sunset, Gibbs was flying to the historic city of El Fuerte in the state of Sinaloa where LIGA International Flying Doctors of Mercy has been doing good works since 1934.
The board of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority will wait 120 days before making a final decision to close Braden Airport, citing community concerns.
NextGen was intended to improve access and efficiency in the nation’s busiest airspace. But two new RNAV terminal routes proposed west of Washington, D.C.’s, Class B airspace do just the opposite.