AOPA Pilot Magazine - June 2015 - R-8

TOP 10
REASONS
TO COME TO
FREDERICK
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FDK. Historically significant 1946
airport and terminal building.
AIRWAYS INN. Watch the aircraft
land and enjoy good homestyle
food.
WE'VE GOT A TOWER. Great controllers who are friendly and helpful.
AOPA HEADQUARTERS. More than
200 employees keep general
aviation viable.
G R E E N -WA L L E D BY T H E H I L L S
OF MARYLAND. John Greenleaf
Whittier's poem, Barbara Fritchie,
about the Union march through
Frederick during the Civil War, accurately describes this bucolic rural
airport's surroundings.
MAKE IT A WEEKEND. Frederick's
annual arts festival takes place
June 6 and 7 in historic downtown
Frederick.
BARNSTORMERS PARTY. Join us
Friday night for food and fellowship.
A O PA N AT I O N A L AV I AT I O N
COMMUNITY CENTER. Visit our
new hangar and try out the flight
simulators.
12 FOOD TRUCKS. From all over the
Washington, D.C., and Frederick
area, driving in especially to feed
you.

MICHAEL GOULIAN. He's back!
Michael flies an all-new aerobatic
performance. The Breitling Jet
Team will also perform a fly-over.
It is the first year the jet team has
appeared in the United States.

R-8 | AOPA PILOT June 2015

Movie night

Join us for a screening
THE FRIDAY NIGHT
BARNSTORMERS PARTY on June

5 will feature a special screening of the new film Living in the
Age of Airplanes. Living in the
Age of Airplanes weaves together
the profound ways in which aviation has transformed our lives
and takes audiences on an epic
journey through 18 countries
and across seven continents as
it presents a unique perspective on how the airplane has
changed our world. It is narrated by actor and pilot Harrison Ford and features an original score by Academy Award-winning composer and pilot James
Horner (Avatar, Titanic). Living in the Age of Airplanes is now playing in select
theaters nationwide and at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington,
D.C., and the Udvar-Hazy Center on the Imax screen. Filmmaker Brian J.
Terwilliger (creator of the aviation classic One Six Right) will be on hand to
introduce the film and engage fly-in attendees in discussion. The Barnstormers
Party also includes a catered barbeque dinner at 6:30 p.m..

Frederick Municipal
Airport (FDK)
Location: East of the city
Pattern altitude: Light aircraft,
1,300 feet msl; turbine aircraft,
1,800 feet msl
Runways: 12/30, 3,600 feet by 75
feet; 5/23, 5,219 feet by 100 feet

FLY-IN TIPS
* Take the course, know the airspace.
Pilots flying VFR within 60 nautical miles
of the DCA VOR/DME must take the online
course ALC 405: DC Special Flight Rules Area
through the FAA Safety Team at faasafety.gov.
Frederick Municipal Airport sits between the
Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area to
the south and P-40 prohibited area over Camp
David to the north.
* Check notams and read the AOPA flight
procedures available online (www.aopa.
org/fly-ins) on the Frederick page. When the
president is at Camp David, P-40 is expanded
with a 10-nautical-mile TFR. Airspace

restrictions can change on short notice, so
don't let careless flight planning spoil a fun
day at the airport.
* Submit fuel requests early. Marshalers will
direct you to parking. If you need fuel, submit your requests once you've parked to give
Landmark Aviation staff plenty of time to fuel
your aircraft before you depart.
* Taxi with care. Taxiways have been
renamed since the tower opened in 2012, so
stay alert and pay close attention to new signage. Download a current airport diagram
from AOPA Airports online.

http://www.faasafety.gov http://www.aopa.org/fly-ins http://www.aopa.org/fly-ins

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