Red Arrows airspace infringement

It would be interesting to know what information is available to Belgians and anyone else coming into the country as far as Notams are concerned. I would have thought it wise to read the Notams on www.ais.org.uk if travelling abroad. I often read through reams of pages picking out the relevant bits. The “narrow route” option usually keeps irrelevant stuff to a minimum.

I may be wrong but I think the guy started this particular leg from a UK field.

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Moggy

Putting things in a large, red font is rather harsh, I agree. It was just a case of letting folks know that there is a way of finding out, in case they did not already know.

It would be interesting to know what information is available to Belgians and anyone else coming into the country as far as Notams are concerned. I would have thought it wise to read the Notams on www.ais.org.uk if travelling abroad. I often read through reams of pages picking out the relevant bits. The “narrow route” option usually keeps irrelevant stuff to a minimum.

Are you being a bit harsh, as he is from Belgium would he know 0500 354 802? If you sit and read the Notams at the airfield, pages and pages, trying to find some that are relevant on your route, it is easy to miss something relevant before you fall asleep.

If he had rung:
0500 354 802
he would have known there was restricted airspace!

It’s been published so many times.

I read today in a national tabloid that the idiot who flew his Cirrus along the seafront at Eastbourne last year during the Reds display has been fined £3000 for his stupidity.

Neal

Saw that.

I wonder how they will cope when they shut off the entire Solent for the VE/VJ day thing in July. The area being close will make it very difficult to get to the Isle of Wight and they are making the TRA a ten dayer!

Ooooh, I bet there’ll be some prosecutions after that.