Denver ARTCC (ZDV) Code 1201

Glider use of 1201 encouraged.

Tow planes use 1200.

Thanks for ping from Elliott Crawford, CFI-G.

Frank Whiteley
SSA State Governor, Colorado

On Sep 22, 2:38*pm, Frank Whiteley wrote:
Glider use of 1201 encouraged.

Tow planes use 1200.

Thanks for ping from Elliott Crawford, CFI-G.

Frank Whiteley
SSA State Governor, Colorado

Not all areas are set up to accept 1201 codes just yet. Our local
approach control needs to change a letter of agreement with a jump
school. There local LOA has assigned 1201 to the jump plane, long
before the national discussion for a US wide glider code.

BT

On Sep 23, 2:22*pm, BTiz wrote:
Not all areas are set up to accept 1201 codes just yet. Our local
approach control needs to change a letter of agreement with a jump
school. There local LOA has assigned 1201 to the jump plane, long
before the national discussion for a US wide glider code.

I would think that a jump plane using the same code as a glider tow
plane would be entirely sensible. Both are climbing higher and more
quickly in a small area than typical GA, and then descending as
quickly as practical.

If you have them both (and people doing aerobatics) on 1201 with
gliders then it can be a code for "rapid and/or uncontrolled altitude
excursions" with people droning from place to place at a relatively
stable altitude on 1200.

On Sep 23, 12:06*am, Bruce Hoult wrote:
On Sep 23, 2:22*pm, BTiz wrote:


I would think that a jump plane using the same code as a glider tow
plane would be entirely sensible. Both are climbing higher and more
quickly in a small area than typical GA, and then descending as
quickly as practical.

Not when the jump plane calls TRACON for permission to jump and the
"automatic data block" is attached to the tow plane not on approach
frequency.