Wayne,
Any airspace limitations similar to what you are referring to is
called Restricted Airspace, there is currently no Prohibited airspace in
Australia. It is your responsibility to plan your flight, using appropriate
current charts and remain clear of Controlled and Restricted Airspace unless
you have permission (known as a clearance) to enter that airspace issued by
the controlling authority. If you are flying cross country without this
knowledge, your training is not complete.
As for Tarong, there is no Restricted airspace round the facility, and as
someone has already said, if someone had intent to destroy a facility of any
kind they are not going to comply with airspace restrictions. These
restrictions are a bit like locks, they keep honest people out.
What is important as responsible airspace users s we behave in a manner does
not attract adverse attention and make people on the ground nervous. If we
do, we will all be the losers.
SDF
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Re: I think there will be an exclusion zone given the current security
environment.
Someone at Kingaroy said there was one around the Tarong power station but
I've been unable to confirm.
Having recently flown at Kingaroy, and reading in the local newspaper that
the Tarong plant was "nervous" about light aircraft, I was interested that
there was no official warnings from the CFI about overflights. I am sure
that there is nothing official, and if there was, where would one find out?
I imagine there is an exclusion around all large essential infrastructure
(especially nuclear), although I dont personally have the charts to confirm.
What probable outcome for a rec pilot could result in overflying such an
exclusion?
The tower is a fantastic idea, (and a bit more aerodynamic than the pics of
the link) with support from the gliding fraternity at its early stages
-there are at least 3 clubs close by- tourism and gliding could boom in the
area. Am I looking through too many layers of rose-colored glass?? :-) Wayne
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