Buzzking wrote:
I'm guessing you must have flown the Mach once or twice so I was wondering watching a few of Youtube Video's when the aircraft plan on running the Loop(is that the proper term running). Do you guys have some sort of airborne ATC who lets you guys know who is out in the loop.
Unlike in the US where there are Military Training Routes that define specifically where military aircraft may exceed the 250-below-10K rule down low, the UK is broken down into enormous Low Fly Areas (LFAs). To fly in the LFAs, you have to schedule them beforehand -- if you're not scheduled, the MIL controllers (Swanwick Mil, IIRC over there in Wales) will not let you enter the LFA structure. The Mach Loop is located in LFA 7.
Other than that, there is no "control" down in them, per se. See and avoid essentially. There is a UHF frequency that all aircraft report their entry and exit into the LFA on, and that theoretically builds our awareness about who else is out there.
In the Mach Loop area there are some rules about flow direction. If you're going to fly in that area, you are supposed to fly in a counterclockwise ('anticlockwise' for my non-American friends) direction through the three canyons that make up the Mach Loop. That flow is identified by some arrows on the low fly chart for LFA 7. Such flow also keeps there from being midairs up those canyons because people are flying up them the wrong way.
Personally, I've never gotten close to any other aircraft while flying the loop.
Buzzking wrote:
Also is their some sort of speed and height requirement you guys must follow or is up to each flight to set speed and height.
US aircraft are limited to 450 KCAS and 500' AGL. I don't know what the limitations for UK aircraft are.
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ellice_island_kid wrote:
I am only in my 20s but someday I will fly it at airshows. I am getting rich really fast writing software and so I can afford to do really stupid things like put all my money into warbirds.
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