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#1693835
Looking at SkyDemon this morning there seems to be an airspace grab (Class D - 2,500' to FL65) from the Goodwood VOR (GWC) in to an extended area of Class D (Surface - 5,500') around Farnborough.

I wouldn't have noticed, but for the fact that when well zoomed out it looked as if so someone was doing rude tracks in the sky.....
#1693873
Whiskey Kilo Wanderer wrote:Looking at SkyDemon this morning there seems to be an airspace grab (Class D - 2,500' to FL65) from the Goodwood VOR (GWC) in to an extended area of Class D (Surface - 5,500') around Farnborough.

I wouldn't have noticed, but for the fact that when well zoomed out it looked as if so someone was doing rude tracks in the sky.....


What is your definition of an airspace grab??
#1693918
Whiskey Kilo Wanderer wrote:Looking at SkyDemon this morning there seems to be an airspace grab (Class D - 2,500' to FL65) from the Goodwood VOR (GWC) in to an extended area of Class D (Surface - 5,500') around Farnborough.

I wouldn't have noticed, but for the fact that when well zoomed out it looked as if so someone was doing rude tracks in the sky.....

Perfectly normal procedure iaw AIC Y101/2018 from 1230 to 1330.
Nothing sinister or unusual about it. I've never seen Skydemon but it's all adequately explained on the AIS published NOTAMs.
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By Tim Dawson
SkyDemon developer
#1693926
On the AIS website:

Code: Select allQ) EGTT/QAECA/IV/NBO/E/025/065/5100N00047W014
B) FROM: 19/05/17 12:15C) TO: 19/05/17 13:05
E) CONTROLLED AIRSPACE (TEMPO) CLASS D ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AIC Y101/2018. CHART 3 DEPICTS THE AREA AS FLW, CTA (GWC TO ROVUS) WI
AREA BOUNDED BY A STRAIGHT LINE JOINING 510825N 0005034W (VCY
SLEAFORD) TO 511122N 0004159W (VCY ELSTEAD) TO 505209N 0003737W (VCY
SLINDON) THEN THE CLOCKWISE ARC OF A CIRCLE OF RADIUS 5NM CENTRED ON
505119N 0004525W FROM 505209N 0003737W (SLINDON) TO 505032N 0005311W
(VCY SOUTHBOURNE) THEN A STRAIGHT LINE JOINING 505032N 0005311W (VCY
SOUTHBOURNE) TO 511140N 0005805W (VCY GOLDEN POT) THEN THE
ANTICLOCKWISE ARC OF A CIRCLE OF RADIUS 8NM CENTRED ON
511612N 0004737W FROM 511140N 0005805W (VCY GOLDEN POT) TO 510825N
0005034W (VCY SLEAFORD) 2500FT AMSL/FL65 EXCLUDING LONDON TMA.
CONTROL AUTHORITIES FARNBOROUGH ATC/LONDON TERMINAL CONTROL.
2019-05-0398/AS4


Or on SkyDemon:

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#1693930
Tim's post above is a very good sales argument for his product. :thumleft: Official information is on a format from seventy years ago, Skydemon presents it a tiny bit more modern.

I've noticed similar temporary restricted areas on Skydemon before. Sure: I would have seen them on NOTAM but in a graphical form I immediately see if I'm affected or not.
#1693946
Whiskey Kilo Wanderer wrote:
What is your definition of an airspace grab??

Something I might have blundered in to if I hadn't noticed it on SkyDemon.


So “airspace grab” means variously;

New CTRs at Southend/Norwich,
Exeter trying to join the airway with a CTR but also a well established, AIP promulgated temporal airspace for a short period.?

Gotcha. Jump on that bandwagon!!
Last edited by AlanM on Fri May 17, 2019 9:24 am, edited 1 time in total.
#1693960
Gotcha. Jump on that bandwagon!!

Indeed, anything that grabs the attention and hopefully prevents infringements...

Notams ?

Had one of our very own yesterday. I think I might frame it.

I've never seen Skydemon

Selection of H. M. Bateman pictures on The Man Who.. . I'm sure there's one to suit our good friend Chevvron. http://www.hmbateman.com/gallery/the-man-who-.htm