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HI,

Paying another visit next Wednesday & potentially Thursday.
Do any of the local's have a head's up on if it's day or night flying ?

If it's suspected Nights I can travel down from Newcastle on Wednesday morning, if it's day's I'll book a hotel for Tuesday night so I don;t miss anything.

Thanks in Advance.

To the Reedham Lane Group, I'll pick up some Biccies to repay some of the generous hospitality from last time

NOTAM posted would suggest day's going into early evening.

Ex Cobra Warrior is still going next week, according the the MOD website, activity between 07.00 and 18.00. I would guess alternate day's like this week and the March version https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... t_16-O.pdf

Parent ICAO: EGXC
Start date/time: 19/09/2016 07:00 UTC
End date/time: 23/09/2016 08:00 UTC
Activity period: 0700-0800
Lower height limit: 000
Upper height limit: 999

NO PRACTICE DIVERSIONS, DIVERSION COMMITMENTS OR VISITING AIRCRAFT

ADD 1 Hour for local/BST

Thanks Gary, I've yet to work out where to find NOTAM's

Sounds like travelling down on Tuesday evening to be able to get the best of the action.

Andy

Andy_99 wrote:Thanks Gary, I've yet to work out where to find NOTAM's

Sounds like travelling down on Tuesday evening to be able to get the best of the action.

Andy

I think Gary is saying that the flying is days next week between 9-18.00, so not sure if much will be flying in the evening after 6pm?
Correct me if I'm reading Gary's message wrong?

markranger wrote:

Andy_99 wrote:Thanks Gary, I've yet to work out where to find NOTAM's

Sounds like travelling down on Tuesday evening to be able to get the best of the action.

Andy

I think Gary is saying that the flying is days next week between 9-18.00, so not sure if much will be flying in the evening after 6pm?
Correct me if I'm reading Gary's message wrong?

Yep my thinking as well. Travelling down from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Tuesday night & staying in a hotel nearby instead of driving down Wednesday morning for flying later in the day.

Can't face the Oh my God its early start.

Andy_99 wrote:

markranger wrote:

Andy_99 wrote:Thanks Gary, I've yet to work out where to find NOTAM's

Sounds like travelling down on Tuesday evening to be able to get the best of the action.

Andy

I think Gary is saying that the flying is days next week between 9-18.00, so not sure if much will be flying in the evening after 6pm?
Correct me if I'm reading Gary's message wrong?

Yep my thinking as well. Travelling down from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Tuesday night & staying in a hotel nearby instead of driving down Wednesday morning for flying later in the day.

Can't face the Oh my God its early start.

Enjoy

Andy_99 wrote:Thanks Gary, I've yet to work out where to find NOTAM's



Andy

Try http://notaminfo.com/ukmap

but the best way is to register with NATS its free and gives you access to all uk notams a google search should bring up the NATS website

They didn't fly last night because of fog which was Thursday night the 15/09/2016?. So I wasn't sure if they might have a reserve night for this week coming?. Jimbo

Exercise Cobra Warrior times for next week are 0700-1800.

Clarifying :-

Cobra Warrior next week is 0700-1800Z - 0800-1900 BST

Coningsby NOTAM from Gary above shows Coningsby not before 0800Z - 0900 BST.

The site I saw the info didn't mention Zulu or BST , just the times.

So they don't have reserve night for night flying anymore then?.

Cobra warrior traffic isn't just from Coningsby.

I thought they had to call the jets all back to Coningsby, Marham & Brize because of fog coming faster then what they thought?.

Final clarifying :-

Cobra Warrior UK next week is 0700-1800Z - 0800-1900BST

Coordinated Universal Time, UTC, is an internationally recognised time system that happens to be centred around Greenwich which is identified as time zone Zulu.

Hence UTC = Zulu = GMT

All aircraft movements world wide are promulgated/posted in UTC, and as we are on BST then we must add 1 hour to those times. Hence 0800UTC = 0800Z = 0900BST.

Coningsby did call back 11 Sqdn Razor and Havoc flights due to fog rolling in, but Marham near me were still flying over here at that time.

The PDF the MOD have released, which I posted above states 0700-1800 is Local time not UTC / ZULU. The MOD / RAF tend to release times in Local time if the release is for the general public

There is a NOTAM out for the 323s on Monday

Parent ICAO: EGPX
Start date/time: 19/09/2016 07:00 UTC
End date/time: 19/09/2016 16:15 UTC
Activity period: null
Lower height limit: 050
Upper height limit: 660

THE FOLLOWING SOUTHERN MANAGED DANGER AREAS ARE ACTIVATED:
EG D323A 0700-0900 FL050-FL660
EG D323A 0900-1015 FL050-FL660
EG D323A 1015-1130 FL050-FL660
EG D323A 1215-1315 FL050-FL660
EG D323A 1315-1445 FL050-FL660
EG D323A 1500-1615 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 0700-0900 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 0900-1015 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 1015-1130 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 1215-1315 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 1315-1445 FL050-FL660
EG D323B 1500-1615 FL050-FL660
EG D323C 0700-0900 FL050-FL660
EG D323C 0900-1015 FL050-FL660
EG D323C 1215-1315 FL050-FL660
EG D323C 1315-1445 FL050-FL660
EG D323D 0700-0900 FL050-FL660
EG D323D 0900-1015 FL050-FL660
EG D323D 1215-1315 FL050-FL660
EG D323D 1315-1445 FL050-FL660
EG D323E 0700-0900 FL250-FL660
EG D323E 1215-1315 FL250-FL660
EG D323F 0700-0900 FL250-FL660
EG D323F 1215-1315 FL250-FL660
EG D323G 0700-0900 FL250-FL660
EG D323G 1215-1315 FL250-FL660

ADD 1 Hour for local/BST

Suggests it might be a morning exercise, take your pick on which area(s) might be used

Thanks for the detail Gary