I would say you are, the fact that you do it by following a series of headings does not mean you are not following it, I would certainly not want to be the one arguing this in court. Even if agreed you are not - 5-600' from shore may NOT be enough to avoid all the guys who ARE following the coast as a line feature, who of course will be travelling the other way round. Personally I would rather go round anticlockwise or stay over land.

Chill out.Turn the radio off and wander up and down with the altitude.All the other aircraft will be at exactly 2000ft.cos they always are.:)

I very much doubt it - you certainly might hit me for a start as I rarely fly exact heights like 2,000' for just that reason and I know many others do the same, also, most going round the island are lower than that, especially on the South coast where you quite often get someone below cliff level!

Sorry about that.... :E

talkdownman,

The best response I've seen on PPRuNe for a long time :ok:

Of course you will have checked your notams won't you? The atmospheric research aircraft quite often does a low level 'round the coast' run and it could ruin your whole day to find a 146 coming the other way. :eek: I've several times had a heads up from the kit to see the Isle of Wight passing by. They are probably talking to Solent so listening in may be helpful.

If you have internet access for your notams then you could also look at the FAAM website and see the flight plan for the day, and even a real time position plot if its already airborne.

Jim