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Introduction

This guide should be read in conjunction with a current CAA approved air map and the Avon HG&PG Club’s site guide for Westbury.

It is your responsibility to understand the extent of the Salisbury Plain Danger Area as indicated on an air map. You should ensure you do not fly inside the Danger Area Airspace unless one of the concessions described in this guide is available.

If in doubt, assume no concessions are available and fly to the Danger Area boundary as indicated on an air map.

Westbury Concessions

Details

Access to concession areas is granted on request by Salisbury Plain Air Operations when they have no conflicting military activity within the Danger Area. It is part of the concession agreement that only named Avon Club officials may directly contact Salisbury Plain Air Operations to request access. Access will be granted for daylight hours on a day-by-day basis, unless notified otherwise.

All concession areas extend to the upper level of the Danger Area. Three of the concession areas allow flights to be bounded by the “ground range” red flags and signs rather than the “air range” area marked on an airspace map.

The flags and signs used to mark these new concessions are those that delimit the ground range from farm or public land. There may be further red flags within the Danger Area used for military purposes, do not confuse them with boundary markers.

The red flag and sign boundary will usually, though not exclusively, follow the line of a track that can easily be seen from the air. You will need to be familiar with these landmarks if you wish to fly within the concession areas. If you have an hour or so to spare, you can walk or cycle the boundary to help familiarise yourself with it.

There is plenty of farm land that will still be within the Danger Area, so make sure you fully understand where the concession boundaries are by studying this guide.

Any clearance given does not imply that other aircraft will avoid the concession areas or that separation will be applied by Salisbury Plain Air Operations. Pilots must also consider that pilots of military aircraft operating over the Danger Area may not be able to comply with the Rules of the Air.

We have not been granted permission to access land within the concession areas for landings or take-offs.

Do not fly past the boundaries that we have been granted in the concession agreement. If we are observed to do this the concession agreement will be withdrawn.

Do not fly in the concession areas if no permissions have been posted in the Telegram group SW Airspace Notifications for the day.

Activation

Concession areas are only considered open on a particular day if a request has been made to check they are available via the Telegram group SW Airspace Notifications and positive confirmation of their availability has been posted in the group as a response to this request.

Any pilot can post a request using the following procedure:

In the Telegram group SW Airspace Notifications, first check to see if a request has already been made, if not, post your own request using the format:

Are Westbury Areas - Cow Down/Quarry/Bratton West/Bratton East available for days/dates

An appointed Avon Club official will contact Salisbury Plain Air Operations and respond on the Telegraph group confirming or denying that a concession is available.

If a concession area is not explicitly mentioned as available, it is NOT available.

If there is NO response to the request, NO concession areas are available.

Example responses could be:

Westbury - Cow Down, Quarry and Bratton West are available on 22/12/2017
Westbury - Quarry and Bratton West are available on Friday 22nd Dec 17
Westbury - Cow Down, Quarry, Bratton West and Bratton East are available on 22nd Dec 2017
Westbury - No concession areas are available for 23/12/2017
Westbury - Cow Down, Quarry, Bratton West and Bratton East are available on Sat 23rd, Sun 24th and Mon 25th Dec 2017

Weekdays: requests should be made before 9:00 am on the day you want to fly.

Weekends or Public Holidays: requests should be made before 10:00 am on the last working day prior to the weekend or public holiday.

Note: It is part of the concession agreement that only named Avon Club officials may
directly contact Salisbury Plain Air Operations to request access to the airspace concessions.

This guide should be read in conjunction with a current CAA approved air map and the Avon HG&PG Club’s site guide for Westbury. It is your responsibility to understand the extent of the Salisbury Plain Danger Area as indicated on an air map. You should ensure you do not fly inside the Danger Area Airspace unless one of the concessions described in this guide is available. If in doubt, assume no concessions are available and fly to the Danger Area boundary as indicated on an air map.
This guide should be read in conjunction with a current CAA approved air map and the Avon HG&PG Club’s site guide for Westbury. It is your responsibility to understand the extent of the Salisbury Plain Danger Area as indicated on an air map. You should ensure you do not fly inside the Danger Area Airspace unless one of the concessions described in this guide is available. If in doubt, assume no concessions are available and fly to the Danger Area boundary as indicated on an air map.
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