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reports of turbulence are often a good sign for soaring!
Why are security NOTAMs typed "caps lock", which seems a poor way to communicate? Most people receiving an e-mail typed in caps would hit the delete button. My guess is, it is a leftover from the days of teletypes that only had capital letters. Good points about Notams though, In the US we have gotten some good resources for quickly identifying TFRS that might affect our flights. However the Notam system is lagging far behind the TFR System. It is easy to look at a TFR map and determine all is clear and then find out the airport in the next town is closed due to an air show. One of my memorable flights was a Cross country that I got very low on and was planning on landing in a field. At the last moment I contacted a very weak thermal and slowly climbed out at about 25-50 ft/min. The closest airport was closed for resurfacing, but I call Flight Service anyway and asked about the airports status. The told me it was closed. When I asked "How closed? i.e. is a taxiway useable?" they said the only information they had was "it is closed". Fortunately I was able to climb enough to make it the next airport. |
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