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Old 20th Jun 2009, 16:43
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gpn01
 
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My concern is that NOTAM'ing such a large area, like this:

EGUB (BENSON)
Q) EGTT/QWTLW/IV/M/AW/000/100/5137N00106W015
FROM: 09/06/19 11:00 TO: 09/06/21 21:31

E) INTENSIVE LIGHT ACFT WI 15NM RADIUS 5137N 00106W (BENSON, OXON)
AUS 09-06-0713/AS7

LOWER: SFC
UPPER: FL100
SCHEDULE: HJ
H2176/09

defeats the purpose of NOTAM's (this particular one stretches over to High Wycombe to the East, South to Reading, well to the North of Oxford) and by going up to FL100 bounces right into a lot of Class-A airspace.

Issuing blanket NOTAM's like this for so many UAS/AEF/ATC locaitons just adds to the swathe of activities that you now need to read through when planning a flight, thereby possibly masking some of the more relevant ones.
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