Bell ditching off Newcastle
And what of all the comms with other aircraft, Mick, which would help to justify the activation of the Romeos at the time?
As an aside, it's interesting that UVC reports being at 1,500 feet on contact with Willy Approach. According to the ADS-B data he was between 2,000 ft and 4,000 ft around that time.
I don't have a dog in the restricted airspace race. There was a bunch of you doing just fine arguing that one to death the other day. Not my table, sorry.
Not to worry. Maggie Island will front up shortly to justify the activation of the Romeos.
Don’t you worry, the Romeo’s are activated with or without justification! (Mine or otherwise)
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No. And, as with the ‘investigation’ into the ditching of NGA, it is unlikely the recordings will be made publicly available. There may be a selective (and probably error-ridden) transcript of comms, but I wouldn’t expect more.
National security is at stake in this case. Imagine if all the Willy Tower and Willy Approach comms on a late Friday afternoon were revealed: All the comms from those F35s and FA18/A/F/Gs and Wedgetails and the dozens of other ADF assets exercising in the active Romeos would reveal important tactical information to the bad guys. And on top of that there’d be all the civvy traffic comms. Too confusing for laypeople to understand.
National security is at stake in this case. Imagine if all the Willy Tower and Willy Approach comms on a late Friday afternoon were revealed: All the comms from those F35s and FA18/A/F/Gs and Wedgetails and the dozens of other ADF assets exercising in the active Romeos would reveal important tactical information to the bad guys. And on top of that there’d be all the civvy traffic comms. Too confusing for laypeople to understand.
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I'll help you out here Jumbo - Willy after lunch on Fridays is a little quiet, with the only aircraft flying being the SAR chopper doing the rounds of the crab pots on the Saltash Range, in preparation for the 3pm stand-down and crab cook-up.
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Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
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The ATSB Interim report is now out.
Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
Given the call made re turbulence it would seem logical to want to avoid terrain.
The ATSB Interim report is now out.
Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
Very strange. ATC cleared the pilot coastal southbound at night!
Also the pilot requested to remain on the eastern side of R578A. That would put the aircraft way out over the ocean!
Looks as if he was terrified of military restricted airspace and that the military don’t have a ADSB Receiver at Willy.
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The pilot held Private and Commercial Pilot (Helicopter) Licences and was qualified to fly by day under the Visual Flight Rules.
Plenty of pilots with current NVFR ratings have met similar fates.
It wouldn't matter whether he had past experience or not, the aircraft wasn't equipped for NVFR and the instruments that were fitted (refer the cockpit photo some pages back) were telling lies. A look at the AI on LHS would make him go into a descending left turn. Which is what happened.
Currawong.
Your comment doesn’t meet the commonsense test.
Why would he make a request to keep out of the RAAF restricted airspace ?
And why was it active when it looks as if there was no military traffic. Why not just Class C
Your comment doesn’t meet the commonsense test.
Why would he make a request to keep out of the RAAF restricted airspace ?
And why was it active when it looks as if there was no military traffic. Why not just Class C
Just stop it.
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You still have not answered my question. Why was it strange for ATC to issue a clearance coastal southbound at night?
It wouldn't matter whether he had past experience or not, the aircraft wasn't equipped for NVFR and the instruments that were fitted (refer the cockpit photo some pages back) were telling lies. A look at the AI on LHS would make him go into a descending left turn. Which is what happened.
It might shock some out there to know that some aircraft in this country that are rated for NVFR don’t even have an AH fitted !!!