yes, going directly over the north sea shortens the trip to about 3 hrs.
A very elegant (OCAS, in the UK) routing here. In gliding distance for 98 percent of the trip time. (You get this routing if you untick the “use UK preferred routes” option in the autorouter. What this effectively does is it tells the autorouter that you are willing to fly OCAS for the UK part.)
You would have to consider all those danger areas off the east coast Britain, though.
Yes; one can certainly get IFR FPs validated at various OCAS levels, but you won’t get any service, clearances or any other entitlement beyond what you would get if you flew it VFR.
It’s like filing an IFR FP from EGKA to EGMD, at say 3000ft. It will validate
IFPS / Eurocontrol discharge their obligation by distributing all validated IFR flights plans (I Z or Y) to the respective countries who then decide on what to do with them. The UK basically dumps the OCAS ones, although presumably the Scottish region doesn’t.
I have just heard from a NATS ATCO that minimum LTMA crossing is likely to be FL090.
Peter wrote:
Yes; one can certainly get IFR FPs validated at various OCAS levels, but you won’t get any service, clearances or any other entitlement beyond what you would get if you flew it VFR.
Sure, in but in the UK, you can only have one or the other, not both. It’s either
But these things require and deserve explanation to German-trained IFR pilots.
On the destination of Aberdeen, yes, it would be great to get an update on its viability for light GA, but it sure is very expensive (Signature….). I would strongly suggest using Dundee instead. It’s a rather short, non-stop train ride to Aberdeen. Plus, it’s a cheap airport, with beautiful approaches. Perfect for light (both VFR and IFR) GA.
boscomantico wrote:
Aberdeen, yes, it would be great to get an update on its viability for light GA
Not exactly fresh info, but I was there in August 2017. Paid GBP 221 for a few days stay with Signature handling. Fuel via AirBP was surprisingly cheap. I think there was some mistake like export pricing, but I didn’t inquire ;-) There is a very small apron for light planes and I was initially placed there, but then they changed their mind and I had to start up again and taxi to a larger apron in front of a hangar. That’s all I remember..