Army threat to Dornoch Airfield at weekend(s)
The Army will be using Tain Range for live firing on the first weekend in December. This will be NOTAMMed. It was stated earlier that the Army would make more use of Tain. Initially, this appeared unlikely to affect us - just avoid overflying the landward area.
However, an enquiry produced the information that no circuits would be allowed south of Dornoch Airfield - and circuits to the north are not permitted by the airfield owner. The tower at Tain will not be manned, and contact will have to be by telephone. The enquirer has been told no-one is available at present to give more information. This would effectively close Dornoch at weekends when the Army are using it. It should be possible to fire in a direction that would not affect Dornoch traffic.