BigEndBob
15th Aug 2005, 21:37
Been looking on the CAA website for the downloadable UKAIP, can't find it, has anybody got the link?
Tried Capt. Stable link but its dead.
DaveW
15th Aug 2005, 23:06
You need to look on www.ais.org.uk (http://www.ais.org.uk). You will need to register, but it's free.
I don't believe it's downloadable; the direct link to the "AIP Package" is here. (http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/html/default.htm)
BigEndBob
16th Aug 2005, 11:15
Thanks dave,
Just wish the CAA search could have taken me straight to it instead of giving hundreds of links that i don't want.
TheOddOne
16th Aug 2005, 15:50
The UK-AIP is published by NATS, an Air Traffic Service Provider, not by the UK- Civil Aviation Authority. They are 2 entirely separate entities (though you wouldn't think so, looking at their logos)
I know it all steeped in history of how the unified Ministry of Civil Aviation gradually got split up into airports (BAA) CAA and eventually NATS, but I'd have thought the responsibility for the publication of the information in the AIP should rest with the Authority, not with a Service Provider. Still, NATS do supplements, AIS and NOTAM, so I suppose it all fits in together.
I guess it doesn't REALLY matter who does it, so long as it's done well; in my experience it's done very well indeed...
Cheers,
The Odd One