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Old February 26th 10, 08:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Brian[_1_]
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Default 2009 Nall report and Soaring Safety

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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