Randy Rauck <<randy>>
writes:

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I checked with Transport Canada and they said that air restrictions would have
to be requested by corrections officials and they would review it and try to
discourage it. I asked if they would be able to send me a letter guaranteeing
that there would not be any restricted airspace around a proposed prison in
Lumby if it came to town. They said no, impossible. They had a deal in place
with corrections for security reasons and one would have to be imposed if
requested.

So I started researching and found four prisons in BC, six prisons in Alberta,
three in Saskatoon and MB and fourteen in Eastern Canada all with restricted
airspace. They averaged one mile radius from the center of the prison and around
1000 feet above. A one mile radius would bring the restricted zone at the center
of a major Lumby air racing course and half way through Saddle Mountain, a
famous thermal generator and hang glider launch site since 1975, and to the edge
of the Freedom Flight Park, bordering the village limits.

I then came to the conclusion that the location of this proposed prison would
potentially jeopardize the flying in our community.

What's with these crazy Canadians? At Big Spring we launch and
land close to four prisons with the only restriction being that we are asked not
to fly low over the closest one.