Originally Posted by
BEagle
Now that Air Cadet gliding has started again at Little Rissington, some questions:
2FTS are seeking an ACP to establish an ATZ at Little Rissington, which would be active at weekends and on Public Holidays, other times by NOTAM. When the ATZ is not active nor is other NOTAM'd military activity taking place, would the site still be considered to be an active gliding site even though there was nobody there?
Can an ATZ really be justified?
Certainly needs an ATZ. I did a week as Course Admin Officer there back in 1991 for the first Vigi weekday course; the Cherokee from the Brize Aero Club kept flying though the circuit and disrupting operations, on one occasion appearing climbing from the Valley to the west of the airfield right in line with the runway in use just as a Vigi got airborne on the runway so we got no warning and were unable to warn the instructor in the Vigi.
Brize were aware we were operating (we used to phone them every morning to confirm) and also knew the radio frequency in use.(Then the BGA frequency 129.975; frequency nowadays is 120.775) and there was a NOTAM for the weekday gliding activity too.