FlyingForFun
23rd May 2003, 20:24
Having now bought myself a North of England chart in preparation for the Sherburn fly-in, I opened it, and was a little surprised to find that, despite FNG's warnings, there are no dragons marked on it anywhere.
What it does have, though, is lots of Advisory Routes. Well, maybe not lots, but certainly more than the South of England chart that I'm used to looking at.
I started looking a little bit closer... and found something I don't understand. Many of these routes (the ones to/from the Isle of Man are a great example) penetrate other Class D or Class A airspace.
So how does this work then? The airspace can't be both Class D and Class F at the same time. Am I being controlled if I fly along an Advisory Route inside a Class D zone? Does Class D temporarilly revert to Class F where the Route penetrates it? Do I need a radio to fly in this airspace?
Can't find any help in the AIP - the relevant pages (http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/pdf/enr/2030102.PDF) describe all of the routes, and confirm that they are Class F, but they don't mention the surrounding airspace.
Can anyone clear this one up for me?
FFF
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What it does have, though, is lots of Advisory Routes. Well, maybe not lots, but certainly more than the South of England chart that I'm used to looking at.
I started looking a little bit closer... and found something I don't understand. Many of these routes (the ones to/from the Isle of Man are a great example) penetrate other Class D or Class A airspace.
So how does this work then? The airspace can't be both Class D and Class F at the same time. Am I being controlled if I fly along an Advisory Route inside a Class D zone? Does Class D temporarilly revert to Class F where the Route penetrates it? Do I need a radio to fly in this airspace?
Can't find any help in the AIP - the relevant pages (http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/pdf/enr/2030102.PDF) describe all of the routes, and confirm that they are Class F, but they don't mention the surrounding airspace.
Can anyone clear this one up for me?
FFF
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