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Old 25th March 2007 | 00:25
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DSAA
 
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Well a MATZ extends from ground level to 3000' - so climbing to 3000' will put you only just above the airspace - plus you don't have their QFE so you have no idea at what reading on the SPS or the RPS you are in relation to the airfield. Whilst you could legally fly over it, you would be doing so without a FIS - so any departing traffic could potentially conflict with your track.

Unless you're transitting through the STUB for instrument traffic then you will be in violation of airspace at 1000'.

Turning to the left will put you off track...but using appropriate techniques - such as the weather avoidance technique - to fly around the MATZ you can regain track, without violating the airspace, and having lost a calcuable figure of time.

If you could not raise the ATC, I would decend to 1000' to be clear of the stub...a MATZ is 5nm in radius, so I would turn left or right (whichever would give me the shortest route)...turn to avoid the matz then regain a parallel track, fly a course that would take me past the airspace, then turn to regain my original track, still unless you can write an extended answer that's not much use.

In terms of the answers there...probably turn to avoid.

In terms of airmanship...if you're at low level it makes more sense to go around it, if you're flying at 2,800 it would seem logical to go over it. However, assuming your radio box isn't broken, if the airfield haven't replied after several attempts at calling them - they're probably closed (still...assumption is the mother of all f**k ups!)

Last edited by DSAA; 25th March 2007 at 00:36. Reason: to make more sense
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