Originally Posted by dublinpilot
For example, in Ireland all flights in Class C airspace (including transits) require a flight plan. Not an an abbreviated radio call like the UK, but a paper flight plan, which must be either phoned or faxed to AIS in Shannon. This must be done at least 1 hour before takeoff. 50 minutes won't work, it needs to be an hour. (Sometimes a full flight plan will be taken over the radio, but this is the exception rather than the rule.)
dp
dp,
In my own limited experience, Waterford and Sligo have accepted a flight plan to the zone boundary via RT just prior to startup - this may become a regular operational pattern at Weston in lieu of the old "departing to the west" chestnut. Admittedly, that doesn't facilitate arrivals.
DRJAD,
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