zkdli, it won't be of any consolation to you but you were not alone this weekend.
I was at Elvington helping at the BAeA Aerobatics competition where there was a NOTAMed TRA in operation. I lost count after about ten, of the infringements of the area. Some of these were incredibly dangerous. Amongst them we had a T tail twin which ploughed it's way through the box and headed SE only to return about 30 mins later on a reciprocal heading once more straight through the box, a VANS RV Whatever which flew overhead the length of the considerably lengthy runway, Gliders - one of which was only narrowly avoided by the poor aeros competitor and a Robin who did aeros for miles on approach then all along the airfield and through the box turning round to repeat the performance in the opposite direction then returning again. We got that one's registration and possibly the Vans' too. All of those pilots were obviously under the impression that they were exempt from reading and acting upon NOTAMs, prefering to rely on what were obviously cheap, nasty, useless, crystal balls. RAF Radar got one of them and there was a reception committee waiting when he landed at his destination.
I'm very interested to know what his excuse is going to be. The only box incursion which no NOTAM could have prevented was by two buzzards at about 5,000'. They stayed on the northern edge of the box until the competitor moved to the E then they made their way, still at 5,000' or so, straight across the box to the other side and out of the way. They were by far the best behaved and the only ones who showed any sort of commonsense! Nobody appeared to be listening to the airfield frequency - we certainly made all the correct calls but maybe they can't be bothered with a radio either.
