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Old 7th Jul 2013, 21:22
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mm_flynn
 
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I agree that pictorially representing NOTAMs can help (specifically drop zones, Air display RA, etc.), but the NOTAMs specifically mentioned in this thread won't benefit from pictorial representation

I can not imagine a helicopter pilot using the H lanes in London doesn't know where Vauxhall, Central London is. Equally, I can not imagine a commercial pilot flying to KSFO does not know where the glide slope for KSFO is located.

The helicopter pilot almost surely hadn't expected to be diverting into Battersea from a position where that crane NOTAM was relevant. So he problem read the NOTAM, logged it in his mind as not relevant and then in the pressure of working out his diversion option didn't remember the NOTAM.
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