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Flying The Route

Flying the route should present no difficulties provided that the normal disciplines such as maintaining headings and dead reckoning estimates are maintained. If lost over the channel fly due north or due south and you are bound to reach land!

• Take Off

• Activate Flight Plan

  Your flight plan will normally be activated by the A.G. operator at the airfield once you have taken off. If not it is essential to activate your flight plan in the air. To do this you will need to tell London Information your registration and take off time. Note: you cannot open a flight plan before taking off!

• Contact London Information or a Radar Service  

  • London Information Golf Bravo Alpha Sierra Hotel

  • Golf Bravo Alpha Sierra Hotel pass your message.

  • Golf Bravo Alpha Sierra Hotel is an AA5 Popham to Calais, overhead Sevenoaks at One thousand Five Hundred feet one zero one nine, routing via Dover estimating Dover at 21 and the FIR boundary at 39 requesting flight information service.

  • Golf Sierra Hotel Flight Information the Chatham one zero two one report Coasting out at Dover.

  • Flight Information Service Wilco Golf Sierra Hotel

  Note if you don't pass all the information in one go you will be asked for it but this takes time and London Information in particular gets crowded.

• Coasting Out

  • Golf Sierra Hotel Coasting out out at Dover, estimating the FIR boundary at 42.

• Approaching the FIR boundary (Mid Channel)

  • Golf Sierra hotel has 5 miles to run to the FIR boundary we will contact Lille Information on 120.27 Gooday

  • Golf Sierra Hotel Frequency change approved..

Above: Over the Channel

Diverting

If you are forced to Divert you must close your flight plan at penalty of £2000. Click here