NOTAM No L1198 (Blackbushe):
'Remove Signals Square from Aerodrome Chart' (Perm)

Being practical; when was the last time you relied on or even looked at a signals square ? Personally I only look at the windsock and get the rest off the radio or the internet.

I used to walk past the signal square at Fairoaks heading fior the aeroplane but only looked at it for academic interest to see if I could remember what it was trying to tell me.

I don't think I've ever seen one in the US, everybody has their own automated weather station that gives out any other necessary information as well.

Fairoaks have recently re-furbished their signals square and you haven't noticed?!! (new 'T' and red square)

I used to walk past the signal square at Fairoaks heading fior the aeroplane but only looked at it for academic interest to see if I could remember what it was trying to tell me.

It's less than a year since I did Air Law and I'm damned if I can remember, I know the dumbell thing for gliding and the stripey thing for RH ccts but that's it. Does anyone ever look at them?

When I was flying out of Truro back in 2004 we used the signals square just as good practice really. I assume it must still be there but I haven't been there in years.

Does anyone ever look at them?

.......Yes.

there are hardly any fields in Germany with signal fields since they are no longer "officially" required. Actually, they are a relic from the old non-radio days and since today most, if not all, airplanes have a radio for communicating with ground and/or other aircraft, those signal fields are no longer needed (besides, someone often had to be bothered to manually up-date them so they were often wrong anyway).

.......... No.

I've used one quite a few times, but seldom fly non-radio nowadays and can get most of what I need from the windsock.

There are a few places it becomes quite important - for example Plaistows where the runway isn't always that obvious and many of the traffic are non-radio. But where there's a single runway and mostly radio traffic it is, to be fair, a bit of an anachronism.

But I'll miss them anyhow.

G