Old Airspace

[minitour]

Anyone have any info I could look at regarding the "old airspace"?

Not really any practical use, but I'd just like to see what I can dig up...

-mini

 

[PaulThomas]

Anyone have any info I could look at regarding the "old airspace"?

Not really any practical use, but I'd just like to see what I can dig up...

-mini

Here is a link that was given to me: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aviation/faq/section-22.html

 

[minitour]

Here is a link that was given to me: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aviation/faq/section-22.html

So all that changed was the labeling???

Seems pretty simple...

-mini

 

[Xavier]

Freaking airspace now is being an ass to learn, why would we need to learn "old" airspace?

 

[minitour]

Freaking airspace now is being an ass to learn, why would we need to learn "old" airspace?

Airspace is a joke to learn. It's all memory stuff...no application needed.

I wasn't asking for any practical reason.......I just have nothing to do right now, so I want something to learn *nerd*.

-mini

 

[midlifeflyer]

So all that changed was the labeling???

Seems pretty simple...

Pretty much. There are a couple of differences when you get down to the real detail, but most of the equivalents, like control zone and Class E surface area are pretty obvious. The purpose was to bring the US in line with the naming convention used in the rest of the world, not to change the way we fly. We even left out some designations, like Class F, which in other countries is used for restricted airspace (I think we left it out because we have such a wide variety of SUA that could fit in the category)

But you wouldn't =believe= the whining that went on when the change came.

 

[minitour]

But you wouldn't =believe= the whining that went on when the change came.

Really now?

I can't see the big deal...ABCDEG seems pretty easy...

Oh well...

 

[midlifeflyer]

You're surprised? Same thing happened when we went to ICAO weather formats (METAR used to be called "SA" meaning something like "airport surface observations" and the abbreviations were different). The whining took the two forms it usually takes

1. Some people objected because they just don't like changes.
2. Some people objected because "who the he** are =THEY= to tell =US= what to do?" (especially when it came to some of those French codes in the weather stuff)

 

[minitour]

...(especially when it came to some of those French codes in the weather stuff)

oooooooooooh...so that's where some of those come from....

See...ask a pointless question, get a great response, learn something!