[KarlInOhio]

Any pilots out there who can translate this from the comments on the video?

Jeff

It was a missile exercise by the US Navy.

KZLA LOS ANGELES (ARTCC)PALMDALE, CA.

A2832/10 NOTAMN A) KZLA B) 1011092000 C) 1011100100
E) THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO NAVAL AIR
WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION ACTIVATION OF W537.
IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY, ALL NON-PARTICIPATING PILOTS
ARE ADVISED TO AVOID W537. IFR TRAFFIC UNDER ATC JURISDICTION
SHOULD ANTICIPATE CLEARANCE AROUND W537 AND CAE 1176.
CAE 1155 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION.
CAE 1316 & CAE 1318 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION.
CAE 1177 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR OCEANIC TRANSITION.
W537 ACTIVE, CAE 1176 CLOSED.
F) SURFACE G) FL390

November 9, 2010 at 2:19 pm | Reply | Report comment

[jimbo123]

I think the question on the NOTAMN is that is was ISSUED AFTER THE LAUNCH that took place, not before.

[Moose4]

Well, I’m not a pilot, but...

“1011092000” and “10111100100” are the dates and times in Greenwich Mean Time—so, 11/9/10 2000 GMT (12:00 noon PST) to 11/10/10 0100 GMT (5:00 pm PST). If the contrail appeared after 5:00 pm, then this NOTAM may not mean anything.

W537 is probably the code that defines the no-fly area over the weapons center. I don’t know what those CAE numbers are but “oceanic transition” is where an aircraft is handed off from the Los Angeles ARTCC to Oceanic controllers, where it leaves radar coverage.

So basically, they’re shutting down a section of airspace from 12:00 to 17:00 local yesterday. Is that anywhere near this? I have no clue.

}:-)4

[ml/nj]

B) 1011092000 C) 1011100100

10-11-09-2000 - 10-11-10-0100

This is for activity beginning TODAY at 2000 GMT (1200 PST) and ending this afternoon (1700 PST).

ML/NJ

[NonValueAdded]

Read the times in that NOTAM again ... is that a barn door NOTAM? Cause the plume occurred well before the start of the exclusion. Or maybe a boomer messed up the date when setting their clocks back last Saturday?

"The 9th! Whadda you mean today is the 9th? We launched on the eighth???"