France Vfr Areas
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That is the same product; the 1:1M charts are the official SIA charts. Lehmann Audio Decade Manually. They come in a folder, comprising of three charts (N, S and Paris) and a handbook listing the vertical extents and other details for the huge number of restricted and prohibited areas that cover France. For the price you also get 1 or 2 updates mailed to you during the course of the following year. The other option for France are the 1:500k IGN charts. These are a lot more pretty and usable (no separate booklet needed) than the SIA charts, but only go up to 5000ft (in general) and that removes the really easy routes for getting about France: the 'airways', most of which have a base of FL065 or so.
These routes avoid most of the restricted airspace and make flight planning and flying a cinch. Some bits pass through Class D but clearances through that are usually granted without question. Flying low level in France is easy enough too but one spends ages with the SIA handbook, working out which bits of restricted airspace are active and at what levels, and the route can become quite complicated and navigable only with a GPS which shows the relevant airspace. I guess most French pilots do very short local flights only. If UK airspace was like that, the current UK infringement picture would be much much worse. Flying low level in France is easy enough too but one spends ages with the SIA handbook, working out which bits of restricted airspace are active and at what levels, and the route can become quite complicated and navigable only with a GPS which shows the relevant airspace.
I guess most French pilots do very short local flights only. If UK airspace was like that, the current UK infringement picture would be much much worse.
Speak for yourself. Claves De Interpretacion Biblica Tomas De La Fuente Pdf Editor there. Most others find it easy and have been doing it since before GPS was ever heard of. Do not assume that the large number of airspace infringements by UK pilots (in the UK and abroad) is repeated by pilots trained elsewhere. French pilots fly as much if not more crosscountry flights as their UK counterparts. Not long until the annual young persons flying tour of France rally.
Regards, DFC. Low level is easy enough in small hops, which is what most pilots do.
Long flights across France are quite difficult to plan at low levels, due to the amount of low level restrictions to check out. It's true that most of it is inactive on any given day, particularly at weekends, but it still needs to be checked out, or in-flight diversions planned. That said, the French (and just about everybody outside the UK) are much more casual about Class D transits than the UK where one has to sit up and beg and hope for the best (and have a diversion planned). The Jeppesen VFR Maps are quite easy to use as the format is standard for all countries They are also next to useless. I have just come back from a trip to the Czech Rebublic and bought Germany (ED-5) and Czech (LK) both of which cover the Prague area.
If you look to the east of Prague there are two airfields next to each other, Letnany and Kbely. The German map shows Kbely to the north - the Czech map shows Kbely to the south!! Also another airfield used as a waypoint was shown on the wrong side of the town. Use these maps with caution!!!
Low level is easy enough in small hops, which is what most pilots do. Long flights across France are quite difficult to plan at low levels, due to the amount of low level restrictions to check out. It's true that most of it is inactive on any given day, particularly at weekends, but it still needs to be checked out, or in-flight diversions planned. That said, the French (and just about everybody outside the UK) are much more casual about Class D transits than the UK where one has to sit up and beg and hope for the best (and have a diversion planned). Takes all of 15 minutes for the worst route from UK to South coast of France and the worst level.
Draw line, list areas, look up areas. Note frequencies and restrictions applicable. Remember that even when flying airways VFR, the restricted areas are still applicable. It is only the IFR flights than can pass through with the ACC. Remember that even when flying airways VFR, the restricted areas are still applicable. It is only the IFR flights than can pass through with the ACC What the hell are you talking about, DFC? Look at the charts.
It's obvious that the military airspace has been drafted to avoid the routes in question. Whether you fly them VFR or IFR is completely irrelevant. You are getting confused with some specific spots, where an IFR approach is permitted but a VFR one isn't, and there is some nuclear power station TRA in proximity. As regards Class A, I used the words in general, in the correct context for the original question. One assumes the pilot will look at the chart, not plan the route on PPRuNe.