SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA

NEWS SHEET FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2007

TRAINING:  August will be a quiet month apart from the first two days which sees, a heavy armoured exercise from the Land Warfare School ranging right across the Plain. Thereafter the principal activity will be the annual ACF camps. The impact area will be inactive from 4 – 27^th August and there will be no fast jet activity. 

LIVE FIRING:  Normal live firing takes place from 0830 – 1700 hrs daily, but may continue throughout the night, this is normally on Tuesdays and Thursday only. Noise may be greater in certain areas depending upon the meteorological conditions at the time of firing. Dates and locations are subject to change.

ARTILLERY FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (WEST):
Nil

LATE FIRING DAYS ON SALISBURY PLAIN (WEST)
Nil

HEAT FIRING DAYS ON SALIBURY PLAIN (WEST)
Nil

ARTILLERY LIVE FIRING DAYS FROM AREAS  7 & 8
Nil

ARTILLERY FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (EAST)
Nil

LATE FIRING FROM SALISBURY PLAIN (EAST)
Nil

LATE FIRING DAYS LARKHILL/WESTDOWN RANGES:
2, 28, 30

 
NON FIRING DAYS ON LARKHILL/WESTDOWN DANGER AREA
4 to 27 (inclusive)  

NON FIRING DAYS BULFORD RANGES
11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27

NON FIRING DAYS BULFORD RANGES
4, 5, 11 to 27 (inclusive) 

NOTE:  Due to unforeseen changes there is always a possibility that there could be firing on other of the days listed. This is particularly so now operational training is being conducted to meet many and varied exigencies. The public should be careful to check that Red Flags are not flying before they enter the range. It is the time of the year when we change late night firing times. From March through to October the Tue, Thurs and Sat night firing times will revert back to 2330hrs.

AIR ACTIVITIES:  Dates and timings given below are those listed at the time of printing but may be altered due to aircraft serviceability or weather conditions.

HELICOPTER NIGHT FLYING:  Night flying will normally take place Mondays - Thursdays inclusive over parts of the training area dependent on the weather and the availability of range space.  In some cases the aircraft will show no lights but will operate under strict area control.

AIRCRAFT TRIALS:  Aircraft may conduct trials over Larkhill Range on each Wed and Fri from 1200 - 1700 hrs which could involve circuits to the East crossing the Avon Valley.

PARACHUTING:  Parachute dropping is scheduled to take place on EVERLEIGH and FOX COVERT DZs during normal working hours on most weekdays.  Outside working hours and at weekends the dates and approximate times are:

 EVERLEIGH DZ                     IMBER DZ                         FOX COVERT DZ

          (C130 )                            (C130)                                  (C130)

1-3.     0600 - 0600               NIL TO DATE                       1-2.  0600 - 0600

4-5.     0600 - 0600                                                         18-19. 0600 -0600

6-10.   0600 - 0600                                                         20-24. 0600 -0600

11-12. 0600 - 1800                                                         25-26. 0600 -0600

13-17. 0600 - 0600                                                         27-31. 0600- 0600                                                    

                                                   STRIPLANDINGS

                                             UPAVON                          DEPTFORD          

                                                (C130)                               (C130)

                                           9.  11-1700                         NIL TO DATE

                                   23. 11-1700

                                   30. 11-1700

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE – DTE SP (WEST) IMBER RANGES

1.  Notice is given that only the roads from:

              a. Warminster to Gore Cross via Imber,

       b. Bratton to Heytesbury via Imber

 Will be open to the public from 1800 hrs (06.00pm) Friday24^th August 2007 through to 1800 hrs (06.00pm) Thursday 30^th August 2007.

2.  All other tracks, stone tracks and Southern Range Road and IMBER VILLAGE remain closed (Out of Bounds) in accordance with the Imber Ranges Bylaws.  Any movement off the aforesaid roads on the Imber Ranges is forbidden, trespassers are liable to prosecution.

3.  Red Flags are only flown at the vedette post when live firing is taking place on the ranges.  The absence of red flags does NOT imply that the roads are automatically open to the public, times for which are notified in the Press and displayed on the entrance notice boards.

4.   The roads identified above are not maintained to public road standards, if traversing the training area drivers should do so with extreme caution. 

FIGHTER GROUND ATTACK(FGA)               BLACK BALL FIRS DZ

(C130)

2. 0800- Sunset                                           3.  0600-0600

3. 0800- Sunset                                           8.  0600-0600

                                                                  10. 0600-0600

                                                                 15. 0600-0600

                                                                  17. 0600-0600

                                                                  29. 0600-0600

                                                                  31. 0600-0600