chflyer wrote:
What day of the week do you plan to fly through the area?
I’ll go on weekday, but return on weekend. On the return flight I’ll go direct, as R-49 should be closed then.
chflyer wrote:
base is 2000’ AGL
In principle, when flying over a mountain top or a ridge it is 2000 above the top, but looking at the distribution of the mountains there it seems impossible there to soar a ridge to stay high.
chflyer wrote:
Generally, if you know what you want and enunciate your request/wishes clearly and politely then chances are good
That’s my experience, too. Being polite and precise I’ve always been welcome.
Many countries (I don’t know about Italy) publish daily airspace use plans (AUPs) with the planned use of R/D-areas and TRAs on the same or the next day.
I use AUPs for flight planning. Of course an area may unexpectedly become active on short notice so you still have to check with FIS/ATC tactically and have a plan B.
Airborne_Again wrote:
Many countries publish daily airspace use plans
Yes they do. For German airspaces, it is this link:
https://secais.dfs.de/pilotservice/service/aup/aup_edit_map.jsp
I could not find an equivalent for Italy so far.
Edit: English version for German airspaces here:
https://secais.dfs.de/pilotservice/service/aup/aup_edit_map.jsp?lang=en
Not published for Italy.
I recall a couple of P areas off the coast, which joined at a point, prompting this question 
In the end I was allowed to cross an edge of R-49 on the outbound flight (although they needed exact timing of entrance and exit), and went all the way through it on the return flight. Was not an issue.
