Jets are arriving July 3. Expect to start flying July 6.
All the jets will use “Stallion “ as their call sign. 40 series numbers indicate a single aircraft. Eg stallion 41, stallion 45. Stallion 61, Stallion 71, Stallion 81, Stallion 91, indicate a formation.
In the Temagami zone (NW of the airport) they will always be above 7000 feet.
They are going to have training zones in all quadrants around North Bay, - normally 5000 feet and above but may be lower during transition to and from the airport.
Sometime soon we will get a chart showing these zones. These zones are for routine air work (not dog fights or military ops.)
These zones are outside of the routine training areas around North Bay.
They fly L39 jets from 8:30 a.m. To 8 pm Monday to Friday. Maybe Saturday. Not Sundays or statutory holidays.
They plan to fly 4 lifts per day with 5 aircraft each. So 20 flights each at 1.3 hours . At speeds not above 200 knots in the North Bay zone. Their speeds will be higher outside the zone. Max 250 kts below 10,000 feet.
They do not fly rectangle circuits. They will call 5 miles final for an overhead break and break to the North & proceed downwind for a normal landing.
They plan to use runway 08 26 exclusively. Will seldom use 18/ 36 except for landing, never takeoff.
They will use a 2700 foot circuit height. 500 feet over our normal. They will always break north.
They will practice PFL. PFLs will be coordinated with FSS and will commence at 4200 feet.
Most flights are VFR but aircraft are being certified for IFR. To be able to takeoff in non VFR conditions, climb into clear air & do their practice in VMC conditions then return IFR for landing.
NOTAMs will be filed for active CYR 599. NOTAM appears as a Flight Information Region (FIR) NOTAM, not a local CYYB NOTAM.
Check TFRs on foreflight to show the restricted airspace but may not show up on foreflight. One needs to check NOTAMs outside North Bay area.
They will communicate with Toronto centre (127.25) in practice areas.
They will be monitoring 126.7 so it's important for g.a. aircraft to monitor and make position reports when in or near their practice areas.
North bay radio will remain a FSS radio not a Tower.
We only have 25000 movements, while a tower can have over 80,000 movements/year.
North bay radio will not tell us what to do. Only advise us.
If the jets are in the traffic pattern it is acceptable for g.a. aircraft to request left hand circuits. FSS cannot suggest this, but if we request left hand circuits, they will say "pilot discretion".
The jets will be transmitting ADSB out & monitoring ADSB in, so they will be aware of g.a. traffic that have ADSB out.
For those who have ADSB in - via Sentry, stratus etc - the jets will show up on our screens showing their position, altitude & speed.