Safety during 4th of July weekend

reminder to all fellow pilots out there to carefully read the TFRs and NOTAMS reguarding july 3-4 firework displays in your vicinity and be vigilant to those who shoot off smaller firworks (or the bigger ones) who are not in the TFRs... I know several pilots who are taking the days off so they don't have to deal with the hassle/danger I remember in July 2007 a Northwest DC-9-30 taking off from Buffalo Niagara Intl KBUF on RWY 14/32 took a deflection off the wing of a decent sized mortar… (i.ytimg.com) More...