i usually try to steer clear of bombing ranges when I fly lol. Last time i flew over the grand canyon tho I had 5 "bear cats" (that's how ATC was referring to them over the radio) T-38 jets fly straight towards me and break left at the last minute. I heard ATC talking to them the whole time and ATC was warning me of traffic 12 o'clock coming straight for me. not much I could do except watch them go by since i was going 150kts and they were a bit faster haha. it almost seemed a bit on purpose but who knows, i could only hear what ATC say saying to them, they were responding on another frequency. made the last part of the trip a little less boring, after you cross the canyon it's pretty flat and desolate land for miles.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > If you fly in the blue restricted zones of the Wendover Bombing Range or > the Utah Test and Training Range, you will notice when they are testing. > It is very effective. Bad thing is it jams your central office BITS clocks > too! > > *From:* Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 08, 2016 9:22 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FAA Warns of GPS Outages on the West Coast Sync > dropswarning > > The FAA has been issuing NOTAMS like that for a while now. I've been in > the air during a couple (live in CO and fly to SoCal a lot) and never > noticed loss of GPS. Looks like a reporter from gizmodo finally noticed > this NOTAM and wrote about it. > > Shouldn't be a problem for any ground based GPS units. And if you own a > Phenom 300 then you can just blast up to 45,000ft to avoid the jamming ;) > > -Sean > > > On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, timothy steele <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Gizmodo: FAA Warns of GPS Outages This Month During Mysterious Tests on >> the West Coast. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwjLfC_Co >> >
