Interpreting a NOTAM?
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Elderly

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Monday 8th June 2015
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I'm near RAF Coningsby this coming Thursday afternoon and/or Friday morning.

I'm wondering when would be the best time to hopefully see anything interesting flying.

I've had a look at the NOTAMs but I'm not sure what I am looking at :

H2206/15 - AIR DISPLAY WI 5NM RADIUS 530535N 0000938W (RAF CONINGSBY)
15-06-0474/AS 1. SFC - 81000FT AMSL, 08 1445-1545, 10 11 1145-1245 AND 1445-1545,
08 JUN 14:45 2015 UNTIL 11 JUN 15:45 2015. CREATED: 08 JUN 14:07 2015.

Does 10 11 1145-1245 and 14.45-15.45 mean that there will be aircraft flying on the 10th and 11th between
14.45-15.45?

jjones

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Monday 8th June 2015
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Yes, but note the "Z" after the time denotes Zulu time (i.e currently 1 hour behind uk local time)

ecsrobin

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194 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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jjones said:


Yes, but note the "Z" after the time denotes Zulu time (i.e currently 1 hour behind uk local time)
Not necessarily they could be backup days.

Elderly

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Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Thanks for the info, I'll take the BBMF hanger tour just outside of those Thursday afternoon Zulu times (I hope that I manage to correctly work out which way the hour is biggrin) and I suppose that I'll have to take pot luck
as to whether anything is flying.

Elderly

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Sunday 14th June 2015
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We arrived at Coningsby in time to have lunch and were treated to a fantastic display of aerobatics by a Typhoon!

We were told that the most spectacular (noisy!) flying takes place at lunch times in order not to distract pupils during lessons at the local schools - so much for the NOTAMs biggrin.