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Old 3rd Jun 2018, 12:11
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Easy Street
 
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The quality of moving map doesn't have a bearing here because airspace boundaries would have been almost irrelevant to the Hawk pilot anyway. The danger areas at UK weapons ranges over land are designed to keep other aircraft away from weapons effects; they are not big enough to enclose all manoeuvring between attacks by aircraft engaged in activity on the range. Of course they could be made so, but recreational flyers would be up in arms. The 'so whats' are that normal 'see and avoid' lookout needs to be carried out during most range work, only in the final stage of an attack giving full attention to targeting; and aircraft operating just outside a danger area should not assume aircraft in it will stay inside.
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