1. AIRSPACE FOR PARACHUTING

2. European Statistics IPC ANNUAL FIGURES AVERAGED FOR THREE YEARS FOR THE 25 EU COUNTRIES IN 2004

3. 120,000PARTICIPANTS

4. 2,000,000 PARACHUTE JUMPS PER YEAR

5. 250,000 AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS

6. PARCHUTING AIRSPACE REQUIREMENTS  GROUND LEVEL UP TO FLIGHT LEVEL 155  RADIUS OF 2NM  DAYLIGHT  VFR  CAN BE SHARED WITH OTHER TRAFFIC IF PROPERLY MANAGED

7. 1.5 nm radius FL 155 GROUND LEVEL

8. FL 155 GROUND LEVEL 2 nm radius 7500 feet 1 nm

9. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSPECTIVE PARACHUTING IN CONTROLLED AIR SPACE IS EASILY MANAGED FIXED SMALL OPERATIONAL AREA PRE ARRANGED FLIGHT PATTERNS DAYLIGHT VFR ALREADY SUCCESSFUL IN TMAs & CTRs AND MANY LICENSED GA AIRFIELDS

10. OTHER AIRSPACE USERS  DROP ZONE RADIUS ONLY 2NM max.  CALL AHEAD FOR INFORMATION  IF NOT SURE THEN DON’T TAKE A CHANCE

11. IN SUMMARY  AIR SPORTS ARE A LEGITIMATE USE OF AIR SPACE  MANAGE CONFLICT PROBLEMS AT LOCAL LEVELS  SEEK ENABLING SOLUTIONS NOT PROHIBITIVE ONES

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