# The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other) (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499 "2011-10-23T02:17:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2591
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499/2591 "2022-03-03T11:30:19Z")
NOTAM 2/9510 says, in part: > [@](#): > > ALL AIRCRAFT, REGARDLESS OF THE STATE OF REGISTRY, OWNED, CHARTERED, LEASED, OPERATED OR CONTROLLED BY, FOR, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, A PERSON WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARE PROHIBITED FROM OPERATING TO, FROM, WITHIN, OR THROUGH U.S. TERRITORIAL AIRSPACE They’re discussing this over at [https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/t4smet/notam\_29510\_and\_russianamericans/](https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/t4smet/notam_29510_and_russianamericans/) They are specifically wondering if Russian citizens legally in the United States are grounded from general aviation activities. The discussion is focusing on being a CFI or a student if you are a Russian citizen (ETA: Or even simply being a passenger on a regular scheduled commercial domestic airline flight). I happen to know one such person (a CFI / ASEL in the S. F. area), who just yesterday had occasion to send me an e-mail including this comment: > There’s a slim chance that ban-all-russians NOTAM precludes me from teaching, I’ll let you know if that frees my weekend up! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other-part-1/600499)._