ftldave Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) If you fly military planes in Europe, adjust your flight plans: From Yahoo\Business Insider: UK planes took a long detour around Germany to deliver weapons to Ukraine in case Russia invades British Royal Air Force planes [RAF C-17s] flew around German airspace when they delivered anti-tank weaponry to Ukraine on Monday, flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows. https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-planes-took-long-detour-122049839.html Edited January 18, 2022 by ftldave add txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 A political precaution. I doubt it had anything to do with Russia directly, but rather the risks of Germany declaring a form of neutrality and preventing the flight from continuing, or possibly just to prevent any political embarrassment for the Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 A political precaution. I doubt it had anything to do with Russia directly, but rather the risks of Germany declaring a form of neutrality and preventing the flight from continuing, or possibly just to prevent any political embarrassment for the Germans. Flying military aircraft in Germany must be a problem for the UK. Last time, we, er, didn't stop! I doubt political machinations had anything to do with it, more likely avoiding landing fees or currency restrictions! UK pilots don't automatically carry Euros y'know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftldave Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 At the time of my original post, it was certainly political. Germany was in deep for cheap Russian gas\oil, very dependent, and is going to be hard pressed to get away from it now. But that was in January. Things are changing since then. We've seen the like before. I remember when US military planes skirted Euro airspace on the way to strike Libya, when Kaddafi was in power there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Germany is sadly already a political embarrassment... OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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