We fly through R airspace all the time.. shortest route between Las Vegas
and Bakersfield Calif, call up the controlling agency, their frequencies are
on the chart.. in this case it's Joshua Approach on the designated frequency
and ask the status of the surrounding MOAs and the Restricted..

Much easier to get clearance on weekends than mid-week, depends on the users
operations.. China Lake NAS, Ft Irwin Army Base or Edwards AFB.. many times
the Ft Irwin areas are hot, or we are told we can transit the northern
ranges, shoot the Gap at Trona to go south of China Lake and then proceed on
west when clear. Many times we will get cleared either through the R space
or "Cleared above 5000AGL.

Some of the R area near Edwards AFB and Ft Irwin Army Base covers the
"Goldstone Communications" center. That is the local "space communications"
for Huston Control and any of the shuttles that may be flying and the
International Space station.. also any far reaching exploring missions that
are out there.. Don't ever expect to get cleared to close to that antenna..
so you don't block their reception.

Keep in mind, the R airspace out here can be the size of some east coast
States. Just one county in Nevada (Clark County, Las Vegas) is the same
square mile acreage as the State of Delaware.

Another reader refers to "Dreamland", that area is R-4808 and R4809, that
area covers the old "Department of Energy Test Site" with the above ground
and below ground nuclear testing of the 1950s and 1960s. Also the new home
of Yucca Mountain where all of the US wants to store the spent fuel from
nuclear reactors into eternity.

Don't ever expect a low altitude clearance over that ground, but on late
night or weekend occasions, a high flyer (Flight Level Flyer) might get
through.

BT

"H.J." wrote in message
...
If I want to fly in some restricted airspace - nevermind the reason - how
is
that done?
The chart says the controlling authority is ZLC Center. That's Salt Lake
ARTCC, right?
So if I'm flying VFR, what do I do?
Do I find any low alt freq to the SLC ARTCC in the AF/D and call "Salt
Lake
Center. 1234X Request transition through R12345"
Any tips?

hj