theRolfe2
4th Aug 2003, 15:05
Irish Independent, Mon Aug 5th:
(posted in full for for the benefit of those
who haven't registered):
Low flying choppers urged to avoid 'sensitive areas'
HELICOPTER pilots have been urged to avoid over-flying a series of "sensitive areas" nationwide.
With a record number of helicopters now operating here, they have been told to keep away from nature reserves, bird sanctuaries, national parks, stud farms, archaeological sites, national monuments and horse and livestock shows.
An Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) spokeswoman said: "It is up to the owner or operator of the helicopter to know where these sensitive areas are and fly around or high above them so as not to cause disturbance."
They are asked to avoid a number stud farms and Dublin's Bull Island for the whole of the year. They are also told to steer clear of nature reserves at Rockabill Island off Skerries, north Co Dublin, Lamb Island off Dalkey, south Co Dublin and the Breaches at Kilcoole, Co Wicklow between May and August. Nature reserves at the North and South Slobs in Co Wexford are off-limits between October and April.
The authority says pilots should also avoid over-flying other sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools, places of worship and industrial and commercial complexes.
A spokesman for the National Parks and Wildlife Service said they are planning to introduce their own new regulations to deal with the nuisance of low-flying planes and helicopters.
The new rules are being drafted for the major parks at Glenveagh, Co Donegal; Connemara, Co Galway; Owenduff, Co Mayo; the Burren, Co Clare; Killarney, Co Kerry and the Wicklow Mountains.
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Comment: I know that as Pilots we're supposed to be aware of all relvent information for our proposed flights but presumably this means that before I can make my cross country I have to scour the area beneath my flightpath looking for archaeological sites, national monuments, stud farms, etc etc as the IAA is too lazy to mark all this on the charts. There are very few places in Ireland that are not within line of sight of such a place.
the Rolfe
(posted in full for for the benefit of those
who haven't registered):
Low flying choppers urged to avoid 'sensitive areas'
HELICOPTER pilots have been urged to avoid over-flying a series of "sensitive areas" nationwide.
With a record number of helicopters now operating here, they have been told to keep away from nature reserves, bird sanctuaries, national parks, stud farms, archaeological sites, national monuments and horse and livestock shows.
An Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) spokeswoman said: "It is up to the owner or operator of the helicopter to know where these sensitive areas are and fly around or high above them so as not to cause disturbance."
They are asked to avoid a number stud farms and Dublin's Bull Island for the whole of the year. They are also told to steer clear of nature reserves at Rockabill Island off Skerries, north Co Dublin, Lamb Island off Dalkey, south Co Dublin and the Breaches at Kilcoole, Co Wicklow between May and August. Nature reserves at the North and South Slobs in Co Wexford are off-limits between October and April.
The authority says pilots should also avoid over-flying other sensitive locations such as hospitals, schools, places of worship and industrial and commercial complexes.
A spokesman for the National Parks and Wildlife Service said they are planning to introduce their own new regulations to deal with the nuisance of low-flying planes and helicopters.
The new rules are being drafted for the major parks at Glenveagh, Co Donegal; Connemara, Co Galway; Owenduff, Co Mayo; the Burren, Co Clare; Killarney, Co Kerry and the Wicklow Mountains.
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Comment: I know that as Pilots we're supposed to be aware of all relvent information for our proposed flights but presumably this means that before I can make my cross country I have to scour the area beneath my flightpath looking for archaeological sites, national monuments, stud farms, etc etc as the IAA is too lazy to mark all this on the charts. There are very few places in Ireland that are not within line of sight of such a place.
the Rolfe