17/4/2007 - Salisbury
Plain Danger Area and XC flying from Westbury
We have recently reached an
agreement with the Senior Army Air Operations Officer
Salisbury Plain, which allows us to clip the far
westernmost part of the danger area.
In the map below the shaded green area to the west of the
A350 and the road heading south from it is now ok for us to
fly in. Any further east than this line is strictly off
limits. The organisers of the national xc league are aware
of this agreement.
I know it doesn't look like like a great deal has been
gained, but it is about 700m and so it might just might
make a difference if you're trying to squeeze round it. Had
there been another easy navigational landmark 500m east of
the road we might have been able to swing it a bit further,
but it was felt important to have an easily identifiable
ground feature to navigate by.