That is what I thought. But the BINA ERS (British Isles and North Atlantic En-Route Supplement) states that the ATZ is active 0800-1800A......
It also clearly states that light aircraft activity takes place out-of-hours between sunrise and sunset - and copper choppers H24. All of which is reason enough not to lumber over in a brace of Hercules at 250' without reasonable consideration for the clearly promulgated aerial activity of others - IF indeed that's what happened.
In the military we need to remember that nowadays we are minority airspace users....
Last edited by BEagle; 21st Jul 2002 at 08:25.