May low flying details released

The Montgomeryshire skies will host virtual warfare next month after the armed forces confirmed its low flying schedule for May.

 

The RAF Army and Royal Navy will be using the Wales Tactical Training Area (TTA) during May when training aircraft will be authorised to operate down to 100ft during specific times.

 

Squadron Leader Albie Fox said: “This area is vital to the training of our pilots. We are usually only allowed to fly down to 250ft but our aircrews are often required to fly much lower than this on operations. We do realise that it would not be viable to operate down to 100ft all day every day so the TTA is usually only active for one hour per day from Monday to Friday”.

 

“Just because the area is booked and active for one hour does not necessarily mean that aircraft will be operating at 100 feet in the area for the whole hour. Fast-jets can travel up to 517mph and therefore would cover the length of the TTA very quickly. There may then not be any further requirement to return to the area once exited,” Albie added.

 

When the area is active other aircraft not booked into low fly at 100ft can still operate within but must fly no lower than 500ft. When it is not active the area is treated as all other areas and fixed wing aircraft can fly down to 250ft with helicopters down to ground level.

 

 

May 2011		LFA 7(T)
2	Monday	-
3	Tuesday	0900-1000
4	Wednesday	1000-1100
5	Thursday	1100-1200
6	Friday	1200-1300
9	Monday	1200-1300
10	Tuesday	1400-1500
11	Wednesday	1000-1100
12	Thursday	1600-1700
13	Friday	0900-1000
16	Monday	1400-1500
17	Tuesday	1100-1200
18	Wednesday	1200-1300
19	Thursday	0900-1000
20	Friday	1000-1100
23	Monday	1100-1200
24	Tuesday	1200-1300
25	Wednesday	1000-1100
26	Thursday	1430-1530
27	Friday	0900-1000
30	Monday	-
31	Tuesday	1500-1600