Svein, The only strong advice is not to bust their
airspace - they get rather vindictive! If I am routing
north of Stanstead down to Dover I would probably go
Duxford / Wratting Common / Overhead Earls Colne /
overhead Southend / DVR. There is a listening squawk for
Stanstead of 0013, listening in on their frequency of
120.625 which is worth using whilst you are close to their
boundary ( You do not contact them - just listen in - they
are then much more relaxed if you chose to go really close
to their boundary). Earls Colne is fairly quiet and you do
not need to contact them as long as you are well clear of
the top of their ATZ, but Southend is busy and runs a
radar service. They are very helpful and it is well worth
talking to them from 10 miles out and asking for a basic
service. You can also get a radar service from Manston,
but I don't usually bother and talk to London Info instead
(124.60)
Sorry not to see you this W/E but weather is not the
best!
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
"Sidsel & Svein Johnsen" <sidsel.svein@oslo.online.no>
wrote:
> My long planned flight to the Europa event at Popham was
>very regrettably
> cancelled due to bad weather forecast en route from
>Norway.
>
>
>
> But clear skies are definitely ahead! Stephan and I are
>planning to fly our
> Europas to Duxford EGSU for the big event in mid-July
>(arriving Friday,
> leaving Monday to avoid the worst traffic, parking &
>hotel reservations are
> already made).
>
>
>
> Coming across the Channel at Dover, it looks
>straight-forward to fly clear
> of Stansted CTR/CTA to the east and later north. How
>about London TMA, any
> special issues to be aware of?
>
>
>
> After Duxford, we plan to fly to Bembridge EGHJ on Isle
>of Wight. What
> would be a good route to follow on this leg?
>
>
>
> We will be very grateful for any good advice.
>
>
>
> To those of you having made it to Popham/doing the
>preflight inspection now
> to fly there: Enjoy the day!
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Svein
>
> LN-SKJ
>
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