weston super mare

[RAFfan99]

im going down Weston super mare Thursday 25th july-friday 26th july does anybody know if they is any raf exercises going on down there e.g low level training flights or bombing ranges

[POL]

Hopefully some bombing of Weston-Super-Mare will take place, it's long overdue!

[RichC]

Not a lot happens around Weston mainly due to it being so close and on the approach to Bristol Lulsgate Airport and Cardiff Airport. Low Level flights fly south of there into/out of Devon/Somerset and across the Bristol Channel to the north west. The only range is Lilstock with just a helicopter gunnery range and active by NOTAM when needed. That is just west of Hinkley Point Power Station near Watchet.

[RAFfan99]

there this for Bristol channel for tomorrow

H3291/13: Exercises will take place
Q) EGTT/QWELW/IV/BO/W/000/120/5020N00630W112NAVIGATION TRAINING SW APPROACHES. UP TO 4 KINGAIR ACFT WILL OPR
WI AREA AND UNDER CONDITIONS DETAILED IN AIP SUP 002/2013 (SOUTH WEST
APPROACHES). ACFT MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH RAC. OPS CTC 01326
557267. 13-07-0736/AS4
LOWER: Surface, UPPER: FL120
FROM: 22 Jul 2013 10:00 GMT (11:00 BST) TO: 26 Jul 2013 14:00 GMT (15:00 BST)
SCHEDULE: 22-25 1000-1230 1400-1630, 26 0830-1400

also will this overfly Weston super mare

H3408/13: Formation flying will take place
Q) EGTT/QWVLW/IV/M/W/000/030/5050N00320W023FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
504404N 0032450W (EXETER) 1046
505046N 0032710W (S TIVERTON) 1048
504836N 0034529W (W CREDITION) 1050
510054N 0035044W (SOUTH MOLTON) 1052
510419N 0031946W (N MILVERTON) 1056
505500N 0031256W (SW TAUNTON) 1057
504313N 0025601W (LYME REGIS) 1122
503828N 0024918W (OVERSEA) 1133
504404N 0032450W (EXETER) 1137
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE ARE
APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 2013-07-0782/AS1
LOWER: Surface, UPPER: 3,000 Feet AMSL
FROM: 26 Jul 2013 10:35 GMT (11:35 BST) TO: 26 Jul 2013 11:50 GMT (12:50 BST)

[RAFfan99]

will the low level training flights be with fast jets and the c130

[RAFfan99]

found this may affect Bristol channel from super mare

Start : 2013-07-22 07:00:00
End : 2013-07-26 12:00:00
Schedule : 22-25 0700-1600, 26 0700-1200
FIR : EGTT
Lower : 100
Upper : 350
Location : Celtic Sea(51.0,-4.833) - Radius 63nm

Code : QWELW Exercises - Will take place
Traffic : IV

E) MULTIPLE FAST JET ACFT WILL OPR FIGHTER CTL TRAINING
NON-SEGREGATED WI AREA BOUNDED BY 513600N 0033300W - 502400N 0034600W
- 501000N 0054600W - 504000N 0062100W - 511500N 0062100W - 515000N
0054000W - 513600N 0033300W. OPS CTC 01935 455423. 13-07-0696/AS4

[Arthur Tee]

Don't forget the Helicopter Museum - well worth a visit...

Arthur

[RichC]

Its not the Bristol Channel. Those NOTAMs you posted are pretty much "continuous" for everyday usage and are all throughout the year. The first one is for the Culdrose based Kingairs. Just like the NOTAMs were released for their predecessors, the Jetsream, for navigational training and radar training over the sea west of Cornwall, over a hundred miles from Weston!
The second one you just posted is much like the first, for use by Culdrose and Yeovilton based Hawks on D-School training above Devon and the Sea off the coast of Cornwall.
Notice it says CELTIC Sea, not Bristol Channel. It's just medium level stuff and can be monitored on 240.400 and 242.125 most days.

[RAFfan99]

hoping to get some good tomorrow

[RichC]

I think you're in the wrong place i'm afraid. You won't see much around Weston at all.