Yesterday, I hovered above Subic Freeport for the first time. Subic is a really good place.
Among the bays I’ve hovered, Subic Bay was the best. No wonder people there love sea-planing. The bay had smaller lagoons which really looked good up there.
Subic also has a good rainforest. I bet Zoobic Safari is located on that area.
When I was about to land at Subic Bay International Airport, I remembered that I received a NOTAM (Notice to All Airmen) upon entering their airspace. Unfortunately, I had a hard time decoding the NOTAM. I was alone on the plane and had no one knowledgeable about NOTAM to help me.
It took me around 10 minutes to figure out what the NOTAM said. It was just notifying airmen that some of their navigation aids were inoperable. It had no much bearing to me as my Cessna 172F does not use those navaids (they are mostly used big commercial jets). I landed visually as the visibility was very good.
Upon landing, I promised to myself to review on how to read NOTAMs. Hahaha.
Just to give you an idea, here’s a sample NOTAM taken from Wikipedia:
A1234/06 NOTAMR A1212/06
Q)EGTT/QMXLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5129N00028W005
A)EGLL
B)0609050500
C)0704300500
E)DUE WIP TWY B SOUTH CLSD BTN 'F' AND 'R'. TWY 'R' CLSD BTN 'A' AND 'B' AND DIVERTED VIA NEW GREEN CL AND BLUE EDGE LGT. ADZ CTN
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