2011 Bogong Cup Airspace

It is not our intention to regulate Australian airspace laws. It is the pilots responsibility to be aware of airspace restrictions and to fly legally. However, we do not want to allow pilots to gain an unfair advantage by flying illegally. It will therefore be neccessary to provide boundaries which pilots must observe to avoid penalties, and we may refer to these boundaries as airspace.

Pilots can download the OpenAir text file for the airspace here (this file has been updated 11 Dec 2010 as the airspace around Albury was changed in November - thanks to Karl for getting this). You can then transfer it to your instruments using GpsDump.

Airspace downloads shall be available for Garmin GPSes and Compeo/6030s.

We will be using barometric height based on standard atmospheric pressure when checking tracklogs for airspace violations.

Compeo/6030s automatically record these values, so pilots with these instruments need to take no action. You should make sure that you are familiar with the operation of your instrument and can display QNE height

Garmin GPSes with a pressure sensor need to be manually set to have auto-calibrate OFF and have the height manually adjusted on launch to match someone's Compeo/6030 QNE reading.

Garmin GPSes without a pressure sensor cannot be set to record these values. These instruments will have the recorded GPS height adjusted to barometric height (by comparing values recorded by Compeo/6030s which record both). Pilots with these instruments should allow an appropriate buffer to avoid being penalised.