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Old 6th March 2010 | 10:11
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IO540
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It's also irrelevant because you can come across planes doing "high energy maneuovers" anywhere

The only reason this stuff gets notamed is because the internet makes it easy to do so, and everybody in power has bought into the "duty of care" bollox.

Come to think of it, what would be a low energy manoeuver? I don't think a Cessna 150 doing 100kt is "low energy"; well not if if hits you. Why is every C150 flight not notamed?? A 1400kg TB20 at 150kt has enough energy to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 147628 degrees C (long time since I did physics and could be out a bit somewhere... maybe it is 147.6?). Anyway that sounds quite high energy to me.

This kind of bollox (along with other earth shatteringly important preflight information like Squadron Commander Booton allocating unverified transponder codes) is what has thrown the notam system into disrepute and is one reason why many (possibly most) pilots don't bother to get notams before flying.
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