Originally Posted by
LordFlashheart
ARA's are not approved within 30NM of land. The newer regulations (i.e. CASA exemptions in Australia) are approved within 15NM of terrain. The weather RADAR is only used for target ID as there is no terrain in the area and a RADAR return is the only way to ID the target. So, unfortunately, weather radar is not a great solution for terrain avoidance in this situation, only weather avoidance
Not sure if it has changed in the uk but when I left I found that 30nm restriction was only in australia.
Si