...@news.iprimus.com.au... Having an outside controlled airspace licence only, I have always stayed away from Avalon just treating it as always active, although I know it not always controlled airspace. But I am ... but I cant seem to find what tower hours are? So when and why do they make Avalon Class C? Call me selfish but I dont particularly want to be sharing the same piece of sky...

...> Lilydale seminar I went to. I couldnt even get a definative answer as to what circumstances Avalon was made active. My hat goes off to the Yarrra Valley Flying Club though for the hospitality on...seminar, and still going thru the process of getting OK. But also, look at it this way. Avalon is not "active" very often. Therefore you can fly through. But, nearby Pt Cook also has the...

...over Geelong, and the sea plane that's always buzzing around, and how they went with the Avalon airspace. She told me that it is not always in effect, and most of the time, it is...the upper boundary which is 1500 ft along the south coast of Corio Bay and have never ventured over Avalon, except for early in my training before I decided to go for outside controlled airspace licence ( or ...

... at that size. Brian, this sort of info would have been nice to hear from the CASA guys at the Lilydale seminar I went to. I couldnt even get a definative answer as to what circumstances Avalon was made active. My hat goes off to the Yarrra Valley Flying Club though for the hospitality on the night. It was some bbq! re the UAVs, only marginally smaller than Crash in his jolly green ...

...@news.iprimus.com.au... Having an outside controlled airspace licence only, I have always stayed away from Avalon just treating it as always active, although I know it not always controlled airspace. But I am... over Geelong, and the sea plane that's always buzzing around, and how they went with the Avalon airspace. She told me that it is not always in effect, and most of the time, it ...

...iprimuspam.com.a......> wrote in message news:465e7d2a_1@news.iprimus.com.au... When Avalon is inactive it becomes MBZ procedures. It is active now and then usually...from 15nm out but I thought they got rid of MBZ's and isnt Avalon a CTAF when not active? There is no mention of an MBZ anywhere in ERSA for Avalon. How much notice do they have to give to make it active? ...

... will pick up th jargan to a piont where you pretty well konw what the controller is going to tell you. Controllers know what they are doing, and are there for you. So go for it. Avalon is pretty simple to handle, so I wouldnt worry to much about it. There is not that much traffic around there. Ive flown thru there maybe a 100 times and probably had it active 5 times ...

...the Airspace when inactive. Im not sure how much notice is given to activate class C airspace at Avalon. S/A is situation Awarness, bacicaly have a mental picture of the airspace and aircraft around you. ... tell you. Controllers know what they are doing, and are there for you. So go for it. Avalon is pretty simple to handle, so I wouldnt worry to much about it. There is not that ...

...m..@iprimuspam.com.a......> wrote in message news:465e7d2a_1@news.iprimus.com.au... When Avalon is inactive it becomes MBZ procedures. It is active now and then usually...from 15nm out but I thought they got rid of MBZ's and isnt Avalon a CTAF when not active? There is no mention of an MBZ anywhere in ERSA for Avalon. How much notice do they have to give to make it active? What ...

Having an outside controlled airspace licence only, I have always stayed away from Avalon just treating it as always active, although I know it not always controlled airspace. But I am bloody confused ... tower hours but I cant seem to find what tower hours are? So when and why do they make Avalon Class C? Call me selfish but I dont particularly want to be sharing the same piece of sky with ...