Thanks very much for your reply Tim. That's really helpful.

And thanks also for the link - it looks like that will be a lot of reading!

I'm getting more into the idea of doing more realistic flights so planning them with Plan G and then executing them is proving to be very rewarding.

With these grey Training areas then, I'll enter them but just be more observant. I have mytraffic x installed which does actually put military aircraft in these areas, which is a bonus.

All the best,
Stu.

Hi there

I'm not sure if I'm in the right forum to ask this so apologies if not.

I have just started out using Plan G and I love it! I have done the tutorial flight as mentioned in the manual and that was very well done and has got me through the basics nicely.

I have a question about the special use airspace however. In FSX, I fly around Nottingham (where I live) and Cornwall (where I like visiting) and in both areas there is marked special use airspace. I'm not sure what the rules are in flying through it and I am having trouble locating this information on the web.

East of Nottingham is a very large training area that when I hover the mouse over, it says +2500 so I assume that I cannot fly higher than 2500 ft when flying VFR - is that right? Are there any times that I could fly there?

Then over Cornwall, the whole tip of the peninsular is covered grey and it says SFC - 5500 so does that mean that I can only fly there above 5500 ft? What if I take off from Land's End, which is in that airspace?

In both areas, could I fly there if I ask for permission?

I am not a pilot in real life so this isn't obvious to me!

Many thanks for this superb programme.

Cheers
Stu.