AeroExpo end of Day Two

H500 at Sywell

Very interesting day. Amongst other useful things I have learnt is that the Heliroutes H7 and H4 will be closed during the Paralympics. All the Heliroutes are closed during the main Olympics, with the exception of a route in and out of Battersea.
I have also been told that pilots should not be intimidated by the thought of flying and filing a flight plan during the Olympic period. AIS said: "be brave, take those flight plans and fly."
And take heart, you have a slippage of half an hour each side of the given time. On the second practice day they had 1000 flight plans filed with 80% correct. The main error was people leaving too many spaces, which upset the computer.
And during the Paralympics, as there is no restricted area there will be no flight plans.
Any questions look at the website:
olympics.airspacesafety.com/news/olympic-airspace-restrictions-qa

This picture should give an idea of the number of planes here - I will check the exact number but I guess around 500 of which 10 are helicopters.
Probably that is a fairly standard percentage. There are also a lot of tents - sweet. What you might call romantic but uncomfortable!


Helicopter Life got a lot of interested enquiries, both about ads and articles and I got a host of new subscribers. Good day, kulu kulay!