That explains the noise I heard from my desk (near the n in Hawthorne on the map).

He was using the ‘Special Flight rules area’ which allows you to cross the Los Angeles Class B without a clearance 3500′ SE bound and 4500 NW bound. That’s a very handy corridor for us, just squawk 1201 and make a shout or two on 128.55 while tracking the SMO 132 radial. I hope we don’t lose that freedom as a result of this.

There were no less than 7 TFRs promulgated over a 4 day period last week (not counting the ‘permanent’ TFR for Disneyland). Fortunately it was all clear again for the weekend.