FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW ON - AVOID AIRSPACE BUSTS

18 Jul 2010

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Part of the AIC chart showing Farnborough's restricted airspace this week

THE Farnborough International Air Show is on this week - and Boeing 787 Dreamliner has already arrived. But for pilots intending to cross Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey it's vital they carefully consult NOTAM and the relevant Aeronautical Information Circular.

If you need general flight access to any restricted area in that period, (perhaps you fly from a strip in the area), it's worth discussing the matter in advance with Farnborough on 01252 526021 (this is not the normal ATC number).

The Farnborough LARS frequency in the area (125.250 MHz) will be on air as usual. If there were occasional brief periods where opportunities to transit the restricted areas exist, ATC would allow that if asked. However, the general message is that without such specific permission from Farnborough ATC, entering any designated restricted area during the published activity times has to be avoided or it could lead to a prosecution.

Of course the restrictions will be listed on each day as NOTAM, and mentioned on the AIS recorded restrictions number 0500 354 802 (or 0208 750 3939 for pilots wanting the landline version for mobile use or from abroad).

The AIC covering the event is Mauve M 033/2010 dated 17 June 2010.

There is a direct link to the Farnborough AIC and diagrams from the home page of GASCo's anti-infringement website 'FlyOnTrack' (www.flyontrack.co.uk). This is part of the UK's Airspace Safety Initiative giving 'hot news', links and information concerning navigation, restrictions, and plenty more. If you've never looked at the site, it's worth exploring, it's a national and permanent resource, not just there for this show. Twitter fans will also be kept up to date on many such matters, and certainly this, via tweets from 'flyontrack'.


Click here for the Farnborough International Air Show website

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