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Olympics broadcasting cables, cameras and tethered balloon locations
Details of the locations and timings of official Olympics Broadcasting Service cables, cameras and tethered balloons with images.
French airspace quick start guide
A version of the quick start guide to the Olympics airspace changes in French
Olympics intercept leaflet
During the London Olympics, as part of the Government’s paramount objective to deliver a safe and secure Games, the Ministry of Defence will be ready to respond to any unauthorised infringement of the R112 Restricted Zone and P111 Prohibited Zone airspace. This will include the interception of aircraft by military fast jets and helicopters.This leaflet details the actions that the military intercept aircraft will take and how pilots should react. It’s important to note that these intercept procedures will differ from those normally used for the interception of Civil Aircraft.
A guide to using AFPEx during the London 2012 Olympics
A NATS guide for pilots intending to file flight plans through AFPEx to use restricted airspace during the London 2012 Olympics
Atlas Control 13 July warm-up exercise details
Information on how to take part in the final Olympics airspace warm-up exercise on Friday 13 July when Atlas Control will be fully operational.
File a Flight Plan Day 2 instructions
Instructions for pilots wishing to take part in File a Flight plan Day 2 on 5/6 May
Article on Farnborough Airshow Restrictions
With the Farnborough Airshow taking place this summer, the airspace restrictions for the Airshow overlap with some of the Olympics restrictions. This article aims to clarify which restrictions will be in place throughout July and August so pilots know how to fly safely around Farnborough this summer.
File a flight plan day guide
Full details of what to do to file a flight plan on file a flight plan day
MoD Guide to the Distress and Diversion Cell
A guide from the MoD to the Distress and Diversion Cell including the service it offers and the R/T phraseology to use.
Airport Slot Reservation Opening Schedule
To protect controlled airspace over the South East of England from overcrowding and the resultant application of increased flow control, a reservation system has been established to ensure that all aircraft using controlled airspace and intending to use a coordinated airport must obtain an airport slot. This document shows airfields that are already subject to slot coordination and those where slot coordination will be in place for the Olympic period.
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London 2012 Airspace Guide
Everything you need to know about the London 2012 Olympics airspace restrictions. Updated May 2012
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Olympic article for GA organisations
This is a generic article covering the airspace changes that GA reprasentative organisations asked for to use in publications for their members.
Instructor powerpoint presentation package
A powerpoint presentation on Olympic airspace with speaker notes designed for flying instructors or others to present to pilots
How to submit a template flight plan to be checked
Are you a flying school, club or airfield that will be filing flight plans to use the Restricted Zone during this summer's Olympics? If you develop template flight plans of frequently used trips now you can get them checked in advance by the NATS and MoD teams that will be processing flight plans this summer.