Light Sport Aircraft
Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125; Flight Crew Total 33000; Flight Crew Type 300
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Airspace Violation All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Exited Penetrated Airspace
Aircraft; Human Factors
Prepped for a short flight to TDO; approx 55 nm. Plugged route into Foreflight on my iPad. Route came up CLEAN; I saw no TFRs. I did this as engine was warming up. After runup; departed and climbed rapidly to 2;800 feet to stay below the floor of Class B airspace. Leveled; set cruise; glanced at my iPad; and to my shock and horror found myself inside a firefighting TFR; and 200 feet into the ceiling of it!! I promptly turned away and exited it; continued on to TDO. THAT TFR WAS NOT ON MY IPAD SCREEN WHEN I BEGAN MY TAKEOFF ROLL. It either was transmitted shortly after my takeoff; OR there was some kind of snag with Foreflight in the download. I don't know.  The Foreflight TFR has always been prompt and accurate for me in the past. Upon my return; 3 hours later; the TFR was on screen the moment it came up to speed.
A light aircraft pilot reported a TFR incursion when ForeFlight was slow to display the TFR.