Moorfoots (red if special rules apply)
Link to Moorfoots Letter of Agreement
From time to time rocket motor test firings may take place in the quarry near the parking area.
Look out for red flags and warning messages on the appropriate Telegram groups.
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Details last updated: |
2020-05-09 |
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Site Owner / Negotiator |
SMPC |
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Site Contact |
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Special Rules: |
See above link for airspace information particularly if planning XC |
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Site History: |
Although best known for its relaxed soaring long XC flights to the English border have often been flow. |
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Altitiude at Launch: |
1262 Feet |
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Height top to bottom: |
N/A |
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Airspace: |
Edinburgh CTA above 3500 feet |
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National Grid Reference: |
NT348544 |
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Wind Direction: |
NW |
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Brief Site Description: |
A NW facing ridge that extends 9km and offers one of the nicest ridge runs in the area. Also offers the possibility of long XC flights towards the English border. |
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How to get there: |
20kms SE of Edinburgh just off the A7 Edinburgh to Galashiels road. Take the B7007 Innerliethen road and park at the crest of the road before it turns south. |
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Restricted Areas: |
Edinburgh CTA at 3500 feet. |
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Parking Notes: |
Park in the obvious lay by. Please leave sufficient space for large articulated lorries turning into and out of the rocket range track. If you don't your car is liable to be damaged. |
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Landowners: |
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CANP |
Link to CANP system to notify other aircraft of activity in this area. |
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Launch Notes: |
An altimeter set to current QNH should be carried due to the prescence of airspace above 3500 feet. With optimum soaring conditions it is possible to launch below the road otherwise cross the road and walk up hill approximatly 40m to a level platform called Wull Muir. In light conditions walk west along a track past an old quarry to Launch on Broad Law or Torfichen Hill. |
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XC Tips: |
If considering XC airspace above 3500 feet must be opened in accordance with the Letter of Agreement here and note carefully the altitude limits which step up gradually as you fly SE until clear of the Scottish TMA |
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Top Landing Notes: |
Top landing straightforward anywhere above the road. |
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Bottom Landing Notes: |
Anywhere in front of the hill. Take care during lambing season. Beware that the land below the road slopes away at 1:7 so you may have a long walk. |
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Hazards: |
Fast moving traffic on the B7007. Barbed wire fence at the top of the hill. Windfarm with a height of 1558 feet behind Wull Muir launch. There are often hill sheep which present no particular issue outside lambing season. However, if there are cattle in the area they are not used to human contact and easily spooked so pleas avoid. |