French NOTAMs & Maps
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French NOTAMs & Maps
Happy New Year one and all!
Very impressed with Courtman's night flight to see the fireworks!
Now, I'm pretty excited about a club-trip to Barcelona which is planned for late Spring which I heard about over the weekend, so I have already bought a couple of French half-mil (ICAO) maps and the "VFR Flight Rules France" handbook (written in passable Franglais...) so that I can start thinking about this trip. This has generated a couple of questions which I'm hoping someone can help with:
1) How do you get your hands on the bl**dy French NOTAMs!? The handbook says to use "3614 CODE NOTAM". I managed to make the internet / minitel interface from <a href="http://www.minitel.fr" target="_blank">www.minitel.fr</a> work, but a) the free "PAGESM" index can't find any reference to "CODE NOTAM" and b) I'm not prepared to send a bl**dy Eurocheque off to pay for the minitel service! So I have spent the morning trawling the internet via Google and found nothing to help. The nearest I got was several references to Worldwide NOTAMS at <a href="http://www.notams.jcs.mil/," target="_blank">http://www.notams.jcs.mil/,</a> but this doesn't seem to work at all. So, does anyone know where and how to get French NOTAMs? I'd also like to be able to get the Spanish ones...
2) [dumb_question]The maps I bought for France are not laminated - so how do you mark you route on these in such a way that the map can be used again? I normally use "Lumicolour" pens, which would obviously not wipe off a non-laminated map - would Chinagraph pencil rub-off, or do I need to use regaular HB lead pencils, in which case the lines etc. will be hard to read?[/dumb_question]
Andy
Very impressed with Courtman's night flight to see the fireworks!
Now, I'm pretty excited about a club-trip to Barcelona which is planned for late Spring which I heard about over the weekend, so I have already bought a couple of French half-mil (ICAO) maps and the "VFR Flight Rules France" handbook (written in passable Franglais...) so that I can start thinking about this trip. This has generated a couple of questions which I'm hoping someone can help with:
1) How do you get your hands on the bl**dy French NOTAMs!? The handbook says to use "3614 CODE NOTAM". I managed to make the internet / minitel interface from <a href="http://www.minitel.fr" target="_blank">www.minitel.fr</a> work, but a) the free "PAGESM" index can't find any reference to "CODE NOTAM" and b) I'm not prepared to send a bl**dy Eurocheque off to pay for the minitel service! So I have spent the morning trawling the internet via Google and found nothing to help. The nearest I got was several references to Worldwide NOTAMS at <a href="http://www.notams.jcs.mil/," target="_blank">http://www.notams.jcs.mil/,</a> but this doesn't seem to work at all. So, does anyone know where and how to get French NOTAMs? I'd also like to be able to get the Spanish ones...
2) [dumb_question]The maps I bought for France are not laminated - so how do you mark you route on these in such a way that the map can be used again? I normally use "Lumicolour" pens, which would obviously not wipe off a non-laminated map - would Chinagraph pencil rub-off, or do I need to use regaular HB lead pencils, in which case the lines etc. will be hard to read?[/dumb_question]
Andy
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From: TL487591
Perhaps the best NOTAM service on the planet comes from sunny Norway.
Check out
<a href="http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no/ippc/AisAerodrome1.html" target="_blank">http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no/ippc/AisAerodrome1.html</a>
You should find all you need and more there.
Check out
<a href="http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no/ippc/AisAerodrome1.html" target="_blank">http://ippc.nais.luftfartsverket.no/ippc/AisAerodrome1.html</a>
You should find all you need and more there.
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From: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Use a 2B (orBB) pencil. You won`t find one in Woolworths, you`ll have to go to an art shop or a good stationers. If really desperate they go up to about 4B.
Alternatively, colour photocopy the bits of the chart you need and treat it as disposable.
Regards,
Mike W
Alternatively, colour photocopy the bits of the chart you need and treat it as disposable.
Regards,
Mike W
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From: UK
2 Donkeys.. that is indeed a very useful web site.
Just one question, how does one get the full NOTAM for more detailed information using the NOTAM reference that is given on the briefing?. I see that they are thinking of adding this feature to the web site in the future but until then ?
Cheers
Just one question, how does one get the full NOTAM for more detailed information using the NOTAM reference that is given on the briefing?. I see that they are thinking of adding this feature to the web site in the future but until then ?
Cheers
