[quote:84434a7145="ptag.dev"]Whilst I welcome this I'm somewhat confused when in
August 2008 Dutch Military enforced Maximum height restriction of 1500ft on
me flying from Speyer to Texel forcing me to either bust some local airspace or
fly through an IMC storm along the Belgian/Dutch border.[/quote:84434a7145]
You are so right here, this is exactly why I feel I have no option but to
replace
my mode A/C with a mode S. Not having a mode S simply is too limiting if you're
based in Holland (below 1500ft are nice altitudes to fly at, but only when
descending for landing or ascending to cruising level :wink: )
[quote:84434a7145="ptag.dev"]If we are to suffer isolated enforcement from
different
authorities it will be an "airborne minefield" to navigate to avoid mode
S areas.[/quote:84434a7145]
Spot on. My approach: get a mode S to eliminate the minefields all together...
[quote:84434a7145="ptag.dev"]Hopefully someone will respond in time with some
logic
so that by 6th of January I can cancel my order because I for one don't have
GBP 1800 to throw in the wind.[/quote:84434a7145]
Well, knowing that you do quite some touring around Europe, I would not consider
this money thrown in the wind in your situation: having a mode S would make
your touring a lot less troublesome for the time being (at some point you will
be forced to replace your A/C anyway, so the money will be leaving your pocket
anyway).
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