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Plan Flight ATC 12
The aircraft plans to join the airway UR14 and fly along it to the Strumble VOR, call sign STU, where it changes to airway UG1, and thence to the navigation facility at Woodley, call sign WOD. From WOD it plans to fly direct, DCT, to Ockham VOR, call sign OCK.
The destination aerodrome is London Heathrow, EGLL, with a total planned flight time of 50 minutes, 0050; the alternate airfield is Birmingham, EGBB.
The aircraft registration is GBGJG, and it requires special handling as it is a Hospital, HOSP, aircraft. The estimated elapsed time, EET, to the London FIR boundary, EGTT, is 15 minutes, 0015, after take-off.
Item 19: Supplementary Information
(NOT TO BE TRANSMITTED IN FPL MESSAGE). This information is only required when an aircraft is overdue and the emergency services have been alerted.
The total endurance of the aircraft is 2 h 30 min, 0230, and there are 103 persons on board.
The aircraft is fitted with separate emergency UHF, U and VHF, V, radio, together with a crash activated emergency locator beacon, E.
The aircraft is carrying maritime, M, survival equipment and life jackets, J, fitted with a sea activated light, L, and fluorescent dye, F.
The aircraft also carries 10 inflatable dinghies, D, whose total capacity is 150 people; the colour of dinghies’ covers, C, is yellow.
The aircraft has blue and grey markings and the pilot in command is Yendle.
Item 15
This is the most complex. Details are required of the aircraft’s route, change of route, speed, level and/or flight rules; sub-items must be in capital letters and separated by a space. The following aide-memoire may be of use for filling in the ROUTE details which start after the arrow.
•ATS ROUTE (2 to 7 characters)
•Enter the coded designator assigned to the route or route segment e.g. UB37, R14.
•Where appropriate enter the coded designator assigned to a standard instrument departure route (SID) or standard arrival route (STAR) e.g. OCK 1C, MAY 1J.
•POINTS OF CHANGE (2 TO 11 CHARACTERS) Enter:
•The coded designator (2 to 5 characters) assigned to the point, e.g. EX, MAY, LOVEL, PORGY, SCROD.
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If there are no coded designators use:
• LATITUDE/LONGITUDE |
|
DEGREES |
DEGREES/MINUTES |
(7 characters) |
(11 characters) |
56N105W |
4715N16005E |
50N075E |
6010N06206W or, |
•BEARING AND DISTANCE from a navigation aid:
For example SAM090035 indicates a point 35 NM on a bearing of 090°(M) from Southampton VOR.
Use of DCT (Direct)
•If a departure airfield is located or connected to the ATS route then the coded designator of that route will be the first entry. If it is not on or connected to the ATS route the first entry will be DCT followed by the joining point, followed by the designator of the ATS route. (Figure 12.2)
•If the destination airfield is not on or connected to an ATS route the last entry will be
DCT. (Figure 12.3)
•Use DCT between coded designators not connected by ATS routes.
•Use DCT between a designated reporting point and a position, denoted by a latitude and longitude or a bearing or distance from a navaid, which is outside the ATS route.
•Use DCT between a latitude and longitude, or a navaid bearing and distance, and a designated reporting point on an ATS route.
•DCT is not required between successive points defined by latitude and longitude or a bearing and distance from a navaid. (Figure 12.4)
•Only points of change are to be entered in item 15. Insert each point at which there is a change of:
•Route.
•Speed or level. A change of speed is 5% of TAS or 0.01 Mach or more. If there is a change of level or speed both must be entered even though only one has changed. (See Figure 12.5).
•Flight rules.
•Follow the point of change with the designator of the ATS route even if it is the same as that before the change, or by DCT if the next point is outside the ATS route.
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Figure 12.2 Use of DCT
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Figure 12.3 Use of DCT
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Figure 12.4 Use of DCT - leaving & re-joining airways
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Figure 12.5 Change of speed and/or level
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Figure 12.6 Exercise 1
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