There is really no excuse for violation of controlled airspace. Most of the comp area of Joey glide would be covered by the Adelaide VNC, this clearly shows the airspace boundaries. Although flying around Gawler, you are less than 5NM horizontally from the airspace boundaries!!!
Also NOTAMs should be covered as part of the daily briefing (as these should disclose any differences to published airspace boundaries). Refer to AIP for guidance: 19.11 Avoiding Controlled Airspace The pilot in command of an aircraft operating in Class G airspace, or to the VFR in Class E airspace, must apply appropriate tolerances to the flight path to ensure that controlled airspace, or restricted areas, are not infringed. In calculating whether an intended flight path may infringe controlled airspace, the following navigational tolerances must be applied to the intended flight path depending on method of navigation used. These tolerances may be rounded up to the nearest half degree for practical purposes: NDB ±6.9° VOR/TACAN ±5.2° DR ±12° Note: For DR tracking ±9 o may be used where initial track guidance has been provided by NDB, VOR or TACAN and there is no subsequent change in track. RNAV ±14NM VISUAL (POWERED AIRCRAFT) 0 ? 2,000 AGL ±1NM ( ±2NM by night) 2,001 ? 5,000 AGL ±2NM ( ±3NM by night) 5,001 ? 10,000 AGL ±4NM ( ±5NM by night) VISUAL (GLIDERS) 0 ? 10,000 ±5NM VISUAL (ALL AIRCRAFT) 10,001 ? FL200 ±8NM FL205 ? FL300 ±12NM FL305 ? FL400 ±16NM _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
