skippydiesel Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Expanded airspace access for sports and rec pilots Sports and recreational pilots will get expanded access to controlled airspace following industry consultation and detailed engagement with approved self-administering aviation organisations (ASAOs). A summary of consultation was published in December and we're now working through the feedback to ensure we can implement this General Aviation Workplan initiative safely for all airspace users.
Freizeitpilot Posted February 6 Posted February 6 I’m not holding my breath. End of 2025 for CASA and then add the usual delays, deferrals, need for RAAus training manual updates, endorsements, lack of instructors, blah, blah. Im guessing maybe late 2027 ?? 1
BurnieM Posted February 6 Posted February 6 (edited) Western Sydney International opens December 2026. Ideally we should have had approvals and training manuals ready 2 years before that. Pre Dec 26 we will have a complete re-arrangement of Sydney metro airspace. Controlled Airspace endorsements available only 6 (or even 12) months before hand will be a nightmare with current numbers of instructors available. Edited February 6 by BurnieM 1 1
Freizeitpilot Posted February 6 Posted February 6 I still haven’t seen a viable east to west vfr corridor for WSI airspace.
Thruster88 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Would be nice if we could have something like this. Never happen in Australia. LA Special Flight Rules WWW.AOPA.ORG Want to fly over one of the world’s busiest airports without talking to ATC?
mkennard Posted February 6 Posted February 6 We do have something like that, Victor 1 but I always get nervous for incoming jets since I fly under them with about 500ft seperation. Sometimes I orbit sometimes I assume the wake turbulence hasn't arrived depending where the plane is. 1
RossK Posted February 7 Posted February 7 The VFR routes suck IMHO. They are typically any combination of narrow, near mountains, low level and over water. What they have over Avalon is ideal. A nice chunk of Class E, high above the field out of the way - too easy.
facthunter Posted February 8 Posted February 8 A lot of CTA is above tiger country And in icing conditions in winter.. Your track keeping and ETA's have to be on the ball also and you need a clearance to vary anything. Nev 2
mkennard Posted February 8 Posted February 8 6 minutes ago, facthunter said: A lot of CTA is above tiger country And in icing conditions in winter.. Your track keeping and ETA's have to be on the ball also and you need a clearance to vary anything. Nev I think you mean the opposite. A lot of CTA is not over tiger country and we are forced to go around through tiger country like Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, various parts of Gold Coast. Blue Mountains we can’t fly high closer to Sydney and can get caught it turbulence so I guess that is tiger country. Going South of Sydney and if Nowra is active we have to go around the long way. 2
aro Posted February 8 Posted February 8 1 hour ago, facthunter said: No. I meant what I wrote If you look at a chart you can see it's not true. Lack of access to CTA forces you lower over tiger country. There's plenty of routes where through CTA and higher altitude would be safer. Suggesting the opposite is rubbish. But the problem in Australia is that you're likely to get "Clearance not available" even if you have the qualifications. 1
facthunter Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I'm familiar with all those places you mention and how unsatisfactory and dangerous those Lanes can be. Flying in CTA also has it's problems. Better transit zones are what is needed.. and expect better performing radios and procedures to be required in any case,. Nev
Freizeitpilot Posted February 13 Posted February 13 CASA actually listened - the Bankstown corridor as proposed, has been ditched. Let’s see what the next version looks like ! https://www.australianflying.com.au/latest/casa-ditches-bankstown-corridor-concept
facthunter Posted February 13 Posted February 13 How'd you like the Job of finding one. ? Maybe it doesn't exist. Nev
Freizeitpilot Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I’m not qualified. If I was looking for a VFR lane for students to a new training area located somewhere well south of Camden, (toward Mittagong) I would follow the train line from Bankstown to Picton. Yes, that track has warts on it too, like being perilously close to the Holsworthy restricted area, meat bombers at Wilton and a current ceiling of 2500, but good options don’t exist. The Hume motorway may be an alternative which roughly follows the same corridor to Wilton. Would this training area transit be viable for schools at Bankstown - most likely not. These options also still don’t solve the east/west route to get over the mountains. That would require a VFR lane over the top of WSI, similar to how others have suggested major airports operate in the US. Indeed you can currently get clearance over the top of Williamtown on the right day. Comments ?
BurnieM Posted February 14 Posted February 14 There needs to be some real compromises. Why does Holsworthy still exist ?
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