OLYMPICS 2012 - STAPLEFORD TO HOST CAA BRIEFING

24 Aug 2011

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PUT this date in your diary if you are interested in flying anywhere near London during the Olympics next summer: 3 December. Stapleford Flight Centre in Essex is to host a special 'Beer and Briefing' session on the airspace restrictions.

Airspace restrictions are a hot subject at the moment and the event at Stapleford will discuss what is due to be imposed during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in August 2012.

The briefing by CAA and NATs representatives will take place on Saturday 3 December at 13.00 in the Stapleford clubhouse. It is open to the GA community, especially those from neighbouring airfields. Landing fees will be waived for pilots flying in for the event.

The briefing will be presented by Wing Commander Mike Tetlow, an RAF navigator seconded to the Metropolitan Police for the security aspects of 2012 and also a GA pilot; Squadron Leader Sian Ryan, who is responsible for setting up ATLAS control, the military organisation at Swanwick which will control traffic in the Restricted Zone and Dan Lewis, who is part of the flight planning team at NATS.

Restrictions to GA activity within a large area of south-east England will apply between 14 July and 15 August. From August 16 to 12 September during the period of the Paralympic Games there will be no flying within a much smaller prohibited zone.

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Olympic airspace restrictions
Stapleford Flight Centre

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