ShyTorque, not sure if this would help you or not, but my answer to the ICAO indicators/Danger area codes that appear in PIB's is to have a list of those which commonly occur in the areas I am interested in, at the beginning of the word processing document that I paste the PIB into. (I submit my request, copy the data into "Notepad", and copy it from there to my "Notam" document where I edit out the ones I am not interested in before printing.)
That way, when I saw that D215 was activated for yesterday, I just noted that it was Rutland water without having to search the chart for it, and added my note into the printout for my gliding club, which is in East Anglia:
NAVW: FROM 05/05/17 06:30 TO 05/05/25 19:00 D)MAY 17-20, 24, 25 0630-1900
E)DANGER AREA EG D215 Rutland Water. ACTIVATED F)SFC G)2400FT AMSL
I realise that people who might have flights to just about anywhere will not find this a useful tip.
My pet bugbears are the ones like this, where you can't easily tell where the damned thing is going to be [I added the bits in square brackets]:
NAVW: FROM 05/05/25 07:30 TO 05/05/25 17:30 MET RESEARCH FLIGHTS. CALLSIGN METMAN(1XBAE 146 ACFT). DURING PERIOD 0730-1130, ACFT OPERATING SFC TO FL150 ALONG TRACK (WAY POINTS) AS FOLLOWS - START PT CRANFIELD AD 5203N 00145W [SW towards] 5152N 00223W 5143N 00315W 5030N 00600W 5050N 00450W 5001N 00325W 5001N 00200W [then E and N towards] 5040N 00030E 5105N 00130E 5553N 00147E 5241N 00147E 5330N 00130E 5405N 00005E 5500N 00110W END PT NEWCASTLE AIRPORT. DURING PERIOD 1300-1730, [all far north] ACFT WILL OPERATE WI AREAS AS FOLLOWS. AREA D. 6100N 00400W 6100N 00000E 6000N 00000E 5700N 00500E 5500N 00500E 5500N 00400W 6100N 00400W. AND AREA E.[coming south again] 5500N 00200W 5500N 00500E 5230N 00245E 5230N 00000E 5500N 00200W. ACFT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FLY QUADRANTAL FLS. ACTIVITY MAINLY UNDER LA TCC(MIL)/SCATCC(MIL) ATS. NO SONDES WILL BE DROPPED DURING THESE SORTIES. ALL OPS SUBJECT TO PRIOR ATC CLEARANCE. F)SFC G)FL150
(i) It's hard to appreciate what area is affected; answer, a large part of the UK.
(ii) Just what is a VFR pilot, glider or power, supposed to do? Keep clear of the whole designated area? Treat every unidentified aircraft as non-conforming to rules of the air? (How would one know what type to look for, even if one were an ace at aircraft recognition, which I ain't?)
Chris N.
Oops - I see the aircraft type BAE 146 was mentioned in the NOTAM I quoted - but the rest of my comments stand. Chris N.
Last edited by chrisN; 26th May 2005 at 09:31.