Danger Areas and the Queens Birthday?
I checked the NOTAMs earlier today, with the intention of bimbling off to the IOW for lunch. Nightmare. Umpteen sets of airspace closures with umpteen * N sets of coordinates to figure out exactly where the closed airspace lies, all for a few aircraft to fly by and celebrate the Queen's birthday. Fair enough.
I can't help thinking that a few place names in the data would make it easier to locate the closed areas,
The one thing that did surprise me though, Portsmouth danger areas D36, D37 and D38 were NOTAMed active for the same times as the fly by. What does happen in the 3 Portsmouth danger areas? Does it extend down low enough to impact on the sailing fraternity? Do they have an equivalent notification system, NOSEMs?
Also, there was an area south of the IOW which was "no aircraft to fly" below 10,000 feet. What was that all about?
Just curious.
Rans6.....