MIL PLT PENETRATED CLASS C AIRSPACE WHILE PERFORMING A TEST FLT.

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I WAS PERFORMING EXPERIMENTAL FLT TEST OUT OF EGLIN AFB; AND I WAS E OF WHITING NAS AND W OF CRESTVIEW; FL. I WAS USING COMBINATION OF VISUAL NAV VOR/DME REFS. I HAD BEEN WATCHING WHITING NAS AND STUDENT T-34'S FROM A 'SAFE VISUAL' DISTANCE WHILE I WAS PERFORMING FLT TEST. MY SECTIONAL WAS FOLDED ALONG A LINE THROUGH THE WHITING NAS AREA WHERE LOTS OF LINES AND COLORS FROM NAVY MOA'S; CLASS C AIRSPACE; AND EGLIN AFB RESTR AREAS ALL JUMBLE UP. THE CLASS E AIRSPACE AROUND WHITING NAS DID NOT MENTALLY REGISTER WITH ME FOR AWHILE; AND I THINK I PENETRATED THIS AIRSPACE WITHOUT CLRNC BY A COUPLE OF MI. THE WX WAS BEAUTIFUL; AND I HAD NO PROB CLRING FOR TFC OR OBSERVING THE WHITING AREA. AFTER CLOSER STUDY OF THE SECTIONAL I REALIZED MY ERROR AND CLRED OUT OF THE CLASS C AIRSPACE. THE CLUTTER OF LINES; COLORS; NOTES; ETC; AROUND THE EGLIN AFB AREA ON THE NEW ORLEANS SECTIONAL IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WITHOUT STUDY. IT CAN CAUSE AIRSPACE INCURSION PROBS LIKE THIS; AND I AM A LOT MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE EGLIN AFB AREA THAN MOST PLTS ARE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO 'CLEAN UP' SOME OF THE CLUTTER OUT OF THIS AREA? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WISHES THAT A 1:250000 SCALE CHART WAS DESIGNED FOR THE AREA. HE HAS OPERATED IN THIS AIRSPACE MANY TIMES; AND YET STILL; MANAGED TO MAKE A MISTAKE. RPTR STATES THAT DIVISION OF ATTENTION DEMANDS ARE TOO GREAT -- THE PRESENT CHART AGGRAVATES DEMANDS. MANY OTHER USERS ARE GENERALLY LESS CONSISTENT FLIERS. A LOT OF THE AIR TFC CONSISTS OF 'VACATION' PLTS AND STUDENT PLTS. THE AIRSPACE COMPLEXITY POSES A CONTINUAL PROB FOR SOMEONE AT THIS LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE. RPTR RECOUNTED RECENT INCIDENT INVOLVING A STUDENT PLT WHO 'FLEW INTO THE EGLIN W RANGE; THIS SHUT DOWN ALL RANGE OPS (LIVE FIRE AND LIVE BOMBS) UNTIL THE ACFT COULD BE VECTORED OUT OF THE AIRSPACE.' THIS WAS A TEST FLT FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY. PLT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEERS.