UK TACAN route network?
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UK TACAN route network?
Has anyone heard anything about plans to possibly decommission the UK TACAN route network? I've heard a few whispered rumours but not seen anything in writing.
That doesn't really have anything to do with the topic - but since when has that applied to Prune threads! The Tucano must be one of the few ac to rely on TACAN only - and that doesn't get high enough for the TACAN routes anyway.
Several TACAN routes connect with the European OAT routes and can be pretty handy when flight planning for French AARAs, for example.
Current structure is in the UK IAIP section ENR 6.3.5.1.
Also the USAF uses TB7 from MAM to QN9 as a 'refueler' route.
I really hope that the UK won't throw these routes away!
Current structure is in the UK IAIP section ENR 6.3.5.1.
Also the USAF uses TB7 from MAM to QN9 as a 'refueler' route.
I really hope that the UK won't throw these routes away!
Last edited by BEagle; 21st Nov 2017 at 07:35.
Airpolice - You might want to ask a T1 driver when he last used a TACAN route - if he even knows what one is. BEagle is right about their use in flight planning - but only to get the flight plan 'in' - once airborne I can't remember ever flying the actual route - it's all DCT. Great when they were straight lines between Colt, MC6, Ypenburg and Llarbruch.
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