How do you submit a NOTAM?

On Aug 31, 4:54 pm, Ron Natalie wrote:

They told you wrong. 200 feet is the threshold. We specifically built
a 199' tower to avoid having to worry about it at our station.



FSS couldn't generate a NOTAM from his report of the lighting outage.
That has nothing to do with the marking and lighting requirements

On Aug 31, 6:01 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

At 36N 87W, starting at the surface and working up, the airspace is Class G
to 1200 AGL, Class E to FL 180, Class A to FL 600, and Class E to where
airspace becomes just space.

Please forgive my ignorance as I learn to read an aeronautical chart.
Looking at the legend it appears Class E is the purple gradient circle
and Class C is the solid line around Nashville. How do you interpret
that 36N 87W is in Class E, as it is outside that gradient circle? Is
Class E space "just everywhere" like Class A? If it is, why label it
separately on charts?

Thanks.

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Please forgive my ignorance as I learn to read an aeronautical chart.
Looking at the legend it appears Class E is the purple gradient circle
and Class C is the solid line around Nashville. How do you interpret
that 36N 87W is in Class E, as it is outside that gradient circle? Is
Class E space "just everywhere" like Class A? If it is, why label it
separately on charts?


Look at the chart legend under "Airport Traffic Service and Airspace
Information". Just beneath the airspace symbology is the statement, "Class
E Airspace exists at 1200' AGL unless otherwise designated as shown above."

"John Godwin" wrote in message
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New to aviation and I would like to know how to submit a NOTAM. I
plan to launch an unmanned free balloon a few months from now with
a payload of scientific instruments weighing less than 4lbs. The
projected flight-path will take the balloon only through CLASS G
and A airspace (and maybe Class E). According the FAA, an unmanned
free- balloon with a payload less than 4 lbs does not require
prior notification before launch. However, I think it would be
prudent to submit a NOTAM.

I was Chief Engineer at a radio station many years ago. Whenever our
transmitter tower lights went OTS, I called the nearest Flight
Service Station and explained the situation. A NOTAM was issued.



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"John Godwin" wrote in message
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I was Chief Engineer at a radio station many years ago. Whenever our
transmitter tower lights went OTS, I called the nearest Flight
Service Station and explained the situation. A NOTAM was issued.

A while back, I had a light that was going to be out for a couple of hours.
In accordance to my past experience and regulations, I called my nearest FSS.
Of course, some dum**** from LockMart answered the phone and knew nothing about
how to generate a NOTAM. After a long delay, he gave me some usless phone
numbers that nobody answered.

I tried some other things, but finally gave up in disgust!

I someone has a good 24 hour number that would be answered by a real FAA
person, I am ready to copy.

(Sorry for the double post)

Vaughn



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"Vaughn Simon" wrote in
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In accordance to my past experience and regulations, I called my
nearest FSS. Of course, some dum**** from LockMart answered the
phone and knew nothing about how to generate a NOTAM. After a
long delay, he gave me some usless phone numbers that nobody
answered.

I guess that I was extremely lucky because it was back in 1956 when
there were REAL Flight Service Stations. g


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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:26:28 -0000, John Godwin
wrote:

I was Chief Engineer at a radio station many years ago. Whenever our
transmitter tower lights went OTS, I called the nearest Flight
Service Station and explained the situation. A NOTAM was issued.


I work for a large telco, and we have towers that require FAA
notification for lighting outages. The lower ones that require
reports are close to airports. AFAIK, we get fined for not fixing
them fast enough, too.

The towers that require lights have lighting failure alarm telemetry.

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:51:34 -0400, "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea
Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote:


The experts on this sort of thing are over on rec.models.rockets...

Really.


I second that.

Really.

Note the "Unmanned Rocket" NOTAMS in a given area.

On Aug 31, 6:47 pm, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Look at the chart legend under "Airport Traffic Service and Airspace
Information". Just beneath the airspace symbology is the statement, "Class
E Airspace exists at 1200' AGL unless otherwise designated as shown above."

Ohhh! I see, the purple gradients are for Class E with a floor of
700', and that's why they show it separately.This really helps my
understanding.

So does Class E have any special restrictions on unmanned free-
balloons? The FAA guidelines on unmanned free balloons says nothing
about airspace classes, only payload. I just thought it wise to avoid
the Class C airspace in my area all together.

-John

On Aug 31, 7:45 pm, B A R R Y wrote:
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:51:34 -0400, "Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea
Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote:



The experts on this sort of thing are over on rec.models.rockets...

Really.

I second that.

Really.

Note the "Unmanned Rocket" NOTAMS in a given area.


I'll ask the rocket group, but FAA the rules for unmanned free-
balloons are very different from the rockets.

-John