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Suppose a pilot filed an IFR plan, but didn't consult the charts when filing and went on memory from the AOPA flight planner. This pilot later finds out his route of flight clipped the corner of an R space situated between an airforce class C and a commercial class C.
Further, the pilot was under control of the airforce class C controller when he believes he busted the R space, and was then shortly handed off to the commercial class C controller. Neither class C controller advised the pilot of the upcoming R space, or even mentioned it at all.
The pilot realized too late that he may have busted the space, and once home pulls out the charts and finds there to be overlapping "A" and "B" R-spaces, one GND/3200, and the other 3200/FL230. He fires up AOPA flight planner and finds that at certain levels of zoom, only the "A" space is shown, and that is why his memory told him it would be OK to overfly the R-space. Dumb dumb dumb.
The pilot fired off a NASA form post haste.
So, was this a bust?
Should (or will) the controllers on an IFR flight warn pilots of pending R-space incursion?
The pilot HAS learned his lesson on this one, and will trust no one and will ALWAYS consult paper charts before filing a route.
Further, the pilot was under control of the airforce class C controller when he believes he busted the R space, and was then shortly handed off to the commercial class C controller. Neither class C controller advised the pilot of the upcoming R space, or even mentioned it at all.
The pilot realized too late that he may have busted the space, and once home pulls out the charts and finds there to be overlapping "A" and "B" R-spaces, one GND/3200, and the other 3200/FL230. He fires up AOPA flight planner and finds that at certain levels of zoom, only the "A" space is shown, and that is why his memory told him it would be OK to overfly the R-space. Dumb dumb dumb.
The pilot fired off a NASA form post haste.
So, was this a bust?
Should (or will) the controllers on an IFR flight warn pilots of pending R-space incursion?
The pilot HAS learned his lesson on this one, and will trust no one and will ALWAYS consult paper charts before filing a route.