Ferrari Mailing List: NFC Airspace Protocol

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

AIRSPACE VIOLATION PROTOCOL

According to a Marine Pilot:

In addition to communicating with the local Air Traffic Control facility, all 
aircraft in the Persian Gulf AOR are required to give the Iranian Air Defense 
Radar (military) a ten minute 'heads up' if they will be transiting Iranian 
airspace.

This is a common procedure for commercial aircraft and involves giving them 
your call sign, transponder code, type aircraft, and points of origin and 
destination.

I just flew with a guy who overheard this conversation on the VHF Guard 
(emergency) frequency 121.5 MHz while flying from Europe to  Dubai . It's too 
good not to pass along. The conversation went something like this...

Air Defense Radar: 'Unknown aircraft at (location unknown), you are in Iranian 
airspace. Identify yourself.'

Aircraft: 'This is a  United States  aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'

Air Defense Radar: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our 
airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'

Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, 
I'll wait!'

Air Defense Radar: (no response ... total silence)


E. Daniel Warlick
Prestige Imports
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Lamborghini Miami
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