UK's first TMZ opens today!
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UK's first TMZ opens today!
Welcome to all from Scotland!
A few weeks ahead of Stansted, we have the UK's first TMZ open for business.
In order to comply with the law, it is a temporary restricted area, rather than a transponder mandatory zone!
If you print out the chart at http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/14/2009%20...elee%20TMZ.pdf on an overhead projection sheet, you can overlay it on a 250,000 chart.
If you are planning on visiting Strathaven before the new year, and you'd like one, please email me.
Or, of course, just talk to Glasgow on the radio and then it doesn't apply! (but equally, you'll be within two miles of Strathaven Airfield and we'd appreciate a call on Safety.com too - what we'd rather is that you fly to the south and east of Strathaven town or ask for a zone transit to cut the corner - remember, we are 847ft above sea level, so a "not above 2,000ft" from ATC will bring you straight through our circuit, and have a busy microlight school with four full-time instructors!)
A handy hint for those flying from the east is that the boundary is, almost exactly, the line of high tension electricity pylons running approx north/south.
The southern most point is Louden Hill, a volcanic outcrop - but if you keep south of the A71 you'll be well clear.
Obviously, if flying from directly north or west you'll already be in Glasgow's zone, so will be in radio contact with them.
15/Sep 00:01 - 06/Dec 23:59 UTC (J5747/9)
RESTRICTED AREA (TEMPORARY) RA(T) AT WHITELEE FOREST. RESTRICTION OF
FLYING REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 96 OF THE ANO 2005 (MIL ACFT
SHOULD COMPLY WITH JSP552 201.135.9). AIC M87/09 AVBL AT
NATS | AIS. NO ACFT IS TO FLY WI AREA BOUNDED BY STRAIGHT LINES
JOINING SUCCESSIVELY THE FLW POINTS: 554500N 0042000W - 554300N
0040800W - 553800N 0041200W - 554100N 0042600W - 554500N 0042000W
(WHITELEE FOREST WINDFARM, AYRSHIRE) EXCEPT FOR ACFT THAT ARE
EQUIPPED WITH SERVICEABLE SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR EQUIPMENT
WHICH INCLUDES A PRESSURE ALTITUDE REPORTING TRANSPONDER OPERATING
IN MODE A AND MODE C OR OF WHICH THE COMMANDER HAS OBTAINED
PERMISSION TO ENTER THE
RA(T) FM THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT AT GLASGOW AIRPORT
AUS 09-09-0155/AS7
SFC - 6000FT AMSL
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Very best wishes,
Colin
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A few weeks ahead of Stansted, we have the UK's first TMZ open for business.
In order to comply with the law, it is a temporary restricted area, rather than a transponder mandatory zone!
If you print out the chart at http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/14/2009%20...elee%20TMZ.pdf on an overhead projection sheet, you can overlay it on a 250,000 chart.
If you are planning on visiting Strathaven before the new year, and you'd like one, please email me.
Or, of course, just talk to Glasgow on the radio and then it doesn't apply! (but equally, you'll be within two miles of Strathaven Airfield and we'd appreciate a call on Safety.com too - what we'd rather is that you fly to the south and east of Strathaven town or ask for a zone transit to cut the corner - remember, we are 847ft above sea level, so a "not above 2,000ft" from ATC will bring you straight through our circuit, and have a busy microlight school with four full-time instructors!)
A handy hint for those flying from the east is that the boundary is, almost exactly, the line of high tension electricity pylons running approx north/south.
The southern most point is Louden Hill, a volcanic outcrop - but if you keep south of the A71 you'll be well clear.
Obviously, if flying from directly north or west you'll already be in Glasgow's zone, so will be in radio contact with them.
15/Sep 00:01 - 06/Dec 23:59 UTC (J5747/9)
RESTRICTED AREA (TEMPORARY) RA(T) AT WHITELEE FOREST. RESTRICTION OF
FLYING REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 96 OF THE ANO 2005 (MIL ACFT
SHOULD COMPLY WITH JSP552 201.135.9). AIC M87/09 AVBL AT
NATS | AIS. NO ACFT IS TO FLY WI AREA BOUNDED BY STRAIGHT LINES
JOINING SUCCESSIVELY THE FLW POINTS: 554500N 0042000W - 554300N
0040800W - 553800N 0041200W - 554100N 0042600W - 554500N 0042000W
(WHITELEE FOREST WINDFARM, AYRSHIRE) EXCEPT FOR ACFT THAT ARE
EQUIPPED WITH SERVICEABLE SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR EQUIPMENT
WHICH INCLUDES A PRESSURE ALTITUDE REPORTING TRANSPONDER OPERATING
IN MODE A AND MODE C OR OF WHICH THE COMMANDER HAS OBTAINED
PERMISSION TO ENTER THE
RA(T) FM THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL UNIT AT GLASGOW AIRPORT
AUS 09-09-0155/AS7
SFC - 6000FT AMSL
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Very best wishes,
Colin
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Bit of thread creep and totally irrelevant to your post, but...
sorry, you aren't the UK's first TMZ. Sumburgh Airport's CAS was a TMZ between 2002 and 2006 whilst the en-route SSR was being replaced and the Primary was switched off for the 4 years resulting in as SSR only service on Sumburgh Radar.
sorry, you aren't the UK's first TMZ. Sumburgh Airport's CAS was a TMZ between 2002 and 2006 whilst the en-route SSR was being replaced and the Primary was switched off for the 4 years resulting in as SSR only service on Sumburgh Radar.
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There was also a TMZ over North Sea while Claxby radar being replaced in 2005-6. And yes, applicable to all traffic including VFR - in fact ESPECIALLY VFR.
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Sorry for slow response - been a bit unwell.
Yes, the TMZ was applicable to all traffic including VFR. As far as I can recall, as controllers we could tactically allow aircraft in if workload and traffic allowed. In practice, very few aircraft came this far north without a transponder so it was never an issue.
Yes, the TMZ was applicable to all traffic including VFR. As far as I can recall, as controllers we could tactically allow aircraft in if workload and traffic allowed. In practice, very few aircraft came this far north without a transponder so it was never an issue.
