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It looks like general aviation traffic is not subject to restrictions. We have normal light aircraft traffic around North East of England flying in and out of controlled airspace (EGNV.)
I wonder if traffic controllers would pile in with offers of unrestricted "direct to" RAS if you ask them nicely! :)
Or does "closed airspace" mean that they would decline RAS/RIS and won't grant terminal area transitions?
How does this work in practice?
in the Netherlands:
on saturday a glider was fined for flying (the knvvl started talks with airtraffic control)
on saturday we told Nieuw Millingen that we were going to paraglide,
the told us; but the airspace is closed. we had no problems. hot air ballons also flew.
today (sunday)
only non-motorized flying officially allowed (and one testflight of KLM)
NOTAM Beperkt VFR vliegen
Publicatiedatum: 17-april-2010 15:07
In vervolg op het bericht "Beperkt VFR vliegen mogelijk" is onderstaande Notam uitgebracht.
Q)EHAA/QAFCH/IV/NBO/E/000/999/5255N00454E137
A)EHAA B)1004171300 C)1004241200 EST
E)AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION CAA-NL HAS DECIDED TO EXEMPT NON-MOTORIZED AIRCRAFT, I.E. GLIDERS, HOT AIR BALLOONS, NON MOTORIZED HANGGLIDERS AND PARAGLIDERS FROM THE CLOSURE OF THE AMSTERDAM FIR DUE TO THE VOLCANIC ASH CLOUD. NEVERTHELESS, CAA-NL RECOMMENDS INCREASED MONITORING OF THE FLIGHT SPEED AND HEIGHT INDICATION AND WINDSCREEN TRANSPARENCY DURING FLIGHT IN THE RISK AREA. IF ANY ABNORMAL INDICATION OR SUDDEN INDICATION CHANGE IS NOTICED, MAKE A NORMAL LANDING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ANY ABNORMALITIES SHOULD BE REPORTED TO CAA-NL (IVW). FLIGHTS ARE AT OWN DISCRETION. FOR NON-MOTORIZED AIRCRAFT THE RULES APPLY AS IN NORMAL SITUATION.) )
saturday Giethoorn Holland:
http://flatlandpilots.nl/coppermine/...l_DSCF1570.jpg
Sunday: LOL what is flying around the EHAM tower ?
http://media.nu.nl/m/m1dzvi8axer1.jpg
it can damage the engine;
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...-volcanic.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/g...x?ItemID=33775
For those in the UK 'Alex'... There is this piece of hopeful news
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-tomorrow.html
in about 50 min. EHAM will open for some continental flights
20:20 local time.
Shanghai Dubay and New-York 3 flights tonight
tomorrow Europe will have "save" and "unsave" corridors.
Runway 36 clear for take off.....
there they go :D
Its good to hear the tower again...