We seem to be getting better

[Aussie Andy]

BEagle, surely at least it's better than the old system, i.e. a great long list that you had to wade through!

I want to fly from Enstone to Bourn via the Olney VRP tomorrow at 2500ft and want NOTAMs to cover 10 nm from track from 0900 to 1700"?

OK, it could be better, but it's hardly unusable (not since all the efforts of Mike Cross & co at the start!). It's not onerous to login ... you have to login to Met Office, or Av Brief, or the French OLIVIA systems for example too. Here is how to enter the route you suggest:

• Departure a/d EGTK (ok, it's not Enstone but it's nearby...)
• Arrival a/d EGSN
• From 050508 0900
• To 050508 1700
• FL020 (it's +/- 4,000')
• Route: DCT DTY222019 [= Enstone] DCT DTY100015 [= Olney] DCT

The waypoints take about 10 seconds to calculate. How hard is that? If you think it's easier to look at the whole long list, then don't bother with the Narrow Route Briefing, and just use the AREA BRIEF instead if you prefer (not sure why you would).

Here is the result from the above query for tomorrow:

Pre-Flight Information Bulletin

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PRE-FLIGHT NARROW U N I T E D K I N G D O M
INFORMATION ROUTE AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION SERVICE (NATS LTD)
BULLETIN R0701128 05/05/07 20:10 UTC
UK AIS Telephone: [phone]. WEB SITE: WWW.AIS.ORG.UK

PERIOD: 05/05/08 09:00 UTC TO 05/05/08 17:00 UTC

PIB INCLUDES NOTAM/SNOWTAM/BIRDTAM

FLIGHT NUMBER: TEST ADEP: EGTK ADES: EGSN
TRAFFIC: VFR PURPOSE: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
HEIGHT: +/-4000FT WIDTH: +/-10NM SUBJECT:

ALTN:
FIR : EGTT
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F020 DCT DTY222019 DCT DTY100015 DCT

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INCLUDES ALL NOTAM AVAILABLE

A E R O D R O M E - I N F O R M A T I O N :

AERODROME (DEPARTURE) - EGTK (OXFORD KIDLINGTON) :

NO INFO RECEIVED OR MATCHING THE QUERY.

AERODROME (DESTINATION) - EGSN (BOURN) :

NO INFO RECEIVED OR MATCHING THE QUERY.

E N - R O U T E - I N F O R M A T I O N :

EGTT (LONDON) :

RAC : FROM 05/04/13 12:36 TO PERM B0721/05
E)UNLICENSED AERODROMES-LANDING AND TAKE OFF NEAR OPEN AIR
ASSEMBLIES:
RULE 5 OF THE RULES OF THE AIR REGULATIONS 1996 HAS BEEN AMENDED.
FOR LANDING AND TAKE OFF WITHIN 1000 METRES OF AN ORGANISED OPEN AIR
ASSEMBLY OF MORE THAN 1000 PERSONS COMPLIANCE IS REQUIRED WITH
PROCEDURES NOTIFIED BY THE CAA. AT A LANDING SITE OTHER THAN AN
AERODROME THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE ORGANISER OF THE ASSEMBLY IS
ALSO REQUIRED. FULL DETAILS OF THE PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE
CAA WEBSITE WWW.CAA.CO.UK AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT AMENDMENT
OF THE UK AIP.
REF UK AIP GEN 1-6 REFERS


RAC : FROM 04/05/01 00:01 TO PERM B0741/04
E)PENNINE RADAR WITHDRAWN.
PILOTS REQUIRING AN ATS WI THE FORMER PENNINE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
SHOULD CONTACT LATCC (MIL) (CALLSIGN LONDON MIL) ON FREQ 135.275
ENR 1-6-6-1 REFERS


OTH : FROM 05/05/02 12:58 TO 06/01/31 09:00 EST N0061/05
E)OXFORD JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL. 3 CRANES ADJACENT TO SITE.
ALL HEL TO CALL HOSPITAL SWITCHBOARD BEFORE USE TO ENSURE CRANE JIBS
NOT OBSTRUCTING HEL LDG SITE. MAX 249FT AGL.


OTH : FROM 05/05/02 13:03 TO 05/12/07 10:00 EST N0062/05
E)SANDY HEATH OBST LGT U/S. PSN 520748N 0001430W HGT 972FT/AMSL
790FT/AGL


OTH : FROM 05/05/04 15:16 TO PERM B0905/05
E)AIR NAVIGATIONAL OBSTACLE
SINGLE UNLIT WIND TURBINE FOLLOWING DETAILS:
COL 1. LONGHILL (REF NUMBER TBN)
COL 2. TURB S
COL 3. 523426N 0000510E
COL 4. 365 351
COL 5. NO
UK AIP REFERS ENR 5-4-1-6 (23 DEC 04) COLUMN 1-5


OTH : FROM 05/03/29 14:43 TO 05/06/06 16:00 EST N0042/05
E)OBST LGT ON THE STEEL LATTICE TOWER TO THE NORTH OF THE HELICOPTER
LANDING SITE AT RAF BRAMPTON IS UNLIT, HGT 130FT


NAVW: FROM 05/05/08 13:35 TO 05/05/08 14:05 H0879/05
E) AUS 05-05-0141/957/AS1
AIR DISPLAY. FLYPAST BY BBMF ACFT WI 2NM RADIUS 5200N 00044W
(BLETCHLEY PARK, MILTON KEYNES)
F)SFC G)2000FT AGL


NAVW: FROM 05/05/08 12:55 TO 05/05/08 13:25 H0743/05
E)AUS 05-05-0063/810/AS3
AIR DISPLAY. FLYPAST BY BBMF LANCASTER ACFT WI 2NM RADIUS 5224N
00005W (HUNTINGDON).
F)SFC G)2000FT AGL


NAVW: FROM 05/05/08 13:30 TO 05/05/08 14:00 H0691/05
E) AUS 05-05-0064/760/AS1
AIR DISPLAY. FLYPAST BY FORMATION OF BBMF ACFT WI 2NM RADIUS
5208N 00047W (STOKE GOLDINGTON, BUCKS)
F)SFC G)2000FT AGL


NAVW: FROM 05/05/08 12:45 TO 05/05/08 13:15 H0860/05
E) AUS 05-05-0016/938/AS2
FREEFALL TEAM PJE WI 2NM RADIUS 5201N 00013W (STOTFOLD MILL, NEAR
HITCHEN, HERTS). DROP TIME 1300. HGT SUBJECT TO ATC CLEARANCE.
F)SFC G)10000FT AGL


NAVW: FROM 05/05/08 08:45 TO 05/05/08 20:15 H1002/05
E) AUS 05-05-0017/1088/AS5
KITE FLYING 2NM RADIUS 5208N 00025W (BEDFORD).
F)SFC G)1500FT AGL


NAVW: A)EGSU FROM 05/05/06 14:00 TO 05/05/08 17:00 H0647/05
D)MAY 06 1400-1730, 07-08 1200-1700
E) AUS 05-05-0015/717/AS1
AIR DISPLAY WI 3NM RADIUS 5205N 00008E (DUXFORD, CAMBS).
AIC 13/2005 (MAUVE 138) REFERS.
F)SFC G)4000FT AMSL


NAVW: A)EGSU FROM 05/05/07 12:15 TO 05/05/08 17:00 J1705/05
D)1215-1700
E) AUS 05-05-0004/1066/DAPLC
DUXFORD AIRSHOW. RESTRICTION OF FLYING REGULATIONS HAS BEEN MADE
UNDER ARTICLE 85 OF THE ANO 2000. NO ACFT SHALL FLY WITHIN AREA
BOUNDED BY CIRCLE RADIUS 2.2NM CENTRED AT 520527N 0000755E (DUXFORD)
EXCEPT FLYING WITH PRIOR PERMISSION OF DUXFORD FLYING DISPLAY
DIRECTOR OR IN THE SERVICE OF CAMBRIDGE POLICE.
AIC 13/2005 (MAUVE 138) REFERS.
F)SFC G)4000FT AMSL

END.

Andy