Perhaps if would be useful if Mr. Durden read the 2006 NOTAM (easi= ly=20 found with a Google Search). It's so easy for a PNF (Person Not=20 Flying) to criticize. Sorting thru its 32 pages of complexit= y, I=20 will focus primarily on arrival speeds.

The "FISK" VFR arrival requires that one fly at 1800 MSL=20 and "..maintain 90 Kts or MAX CRUISE SPEED if less than 90 Kts" (emphas= is=20 added). Otherwise, "..if unable, maintain 2300 MSL and 135 Kts."

The Turbine/Warbird arrival is not limited to warbirds as can be read i= n=20 the title. It is for warbirds capable of cruise speeds of 130 Kts or=20 greater, leaving out those WWI/II observation planes that can only reach tha= t=20 speed in a dive. It is also for high performance turbojet and twin=20 turboprop planes. Note that leaving Warbird Island, the speed is limit= ed=20 to less than 150 Kts. Maybe the "warbird" arrival is the=20 safest procedure for the latest breed of high performance=20 aircraft - Experimental Amateur Built aircraft arriving at a fly-in=20 sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Where can a high performance prop airplane fit in? I've trie= d=20 the 90 Kt arrival and will never do so again since the mix includes slo= w=20 flying craft that the pilot never had over 80 Kts. I've tried the 135=20= Kt=20 arrival and it should have worked out except once I was stuck behind a=20= pair=20 of twins that seemed to be hanging on Vmc. Why does everyone think thi= s is=20 an exercise to see how slowly the arrival can be flown?

Where do high performance aircraft with cruise speeds in excess of 180=20 Kts mesh safely? The 2007 NOTAM will have to address the arr= ival=20 procedures for Very Light Jets (VLJs) that stall at higher speeds and L= ight=20 Sport Aircraft (LSAs) that are limited to a max speed of 120 Kts=20 operated by Sport Pilots with a minimum of 20 Hours of training to get their= =20 ticket. Uh, how about "fat ultralights" converted to LSAs draggin= g=20 around N-numbers at very slow speeds? Sounds like the low altitud= e=20 FISK arrival is going to be very crowded.

I've happily solved my arrival problem by diverting thru Dayton and joi= ning=20 the AirVenture Cup Race gaggle. There is nothing like a flight of 60=20 planes, sorted by speed, flying into OSH from the Fond Du Lac race recovery=20 airport.

PS: You cannot rely on any information from a prior year's=20 NOTAM.

PPS: Go Scotty G.

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 Race #94

Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

A man has got to know his=20 limitations.