AN INTRUSION OF SLC CLASS B AIRSPACE BY A CLBING DEPARTING MIL KC10 FROM HIF; UT.

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VFR TRAINING LEG FLOWN FROM HILL AFB TO TRAVIS AFB. PLANNED THE DAY PRIOR USING CFPS AND COMPANY Y VIEW CHARTS. BASE OPS AT HILL AFB HAD ORDERED SECTIONALS; BUT HAD NOT RECEIVED THEM; SO OUR CHARTS WERE DRAWN ON ALL THE APPROPRIATE TPC CHARTS. COMPANY Y VIEW CHARTS WERE ALSO PRINTED WITH OVERLAYS FOR SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE AND OUR RTE OF FLT. BASE OPS HAD SEVERAL CHARTS ON THE WALL FOR MISSION STUDY. THE FLT WAS BRIEFED WITH THE CREW CONSISTING OF A BRAND NEW COPLT; A NEW FLT ENGINEER; AND INSTRUCTOR ENGINEER; AND A YOUNG BOOM OPERATOR. WE HAD ALL 5 OF US IN THE COCKPIT ON HEADSET. THE BOOM OPERATOR HAD THE COMPANY Y VIEW CHARTS TO FOLLOW OUR PROGRESS AND THE PLTS SHARED THE TPC CHARTS. OUR DEP FROM HILL AFB WAS UNEVENTFUL AND WE REQUESTED FLT FOLLOWING FROM HILL TWR. ON DEP OUR RADIOS WERE SET WITH GND AND TWR IN VHF #2 AND NON STANDARD WITH DEP FREQ SET IN VHF #1 (THE FREQ WAS SET FOR REF; ORDINARILY WE WOULD USE VHF #2 EXCLUSIVELY). WE WERE VERY LIGHT-WT AND PERFORMING THE TKOF IN SUSPECTED WINDSHEAR PROCS (ALSO BRIEFED IN DETAIL). AS WE CLBED THROUGH 8000 FT MSL; HILL DEP SWITCHED US TO SALT LAKE APCH; AND TOLD US TO REMAIN CLR OF 'SALT LAKE'S AIRSPACE.' WE CONTINUED TO CLB AS THE RADIOS WERE SWITCHED AND THE COPLT'S (WORKING THE RADIOS) COM CORD DISCONNECTED. I (PF) ANSWERED THE CALL WITH OUR CALL SIGN AND ALT LEAVING FOR 16500 FT. I WAS THEN TOLD WE ENTERED THEIR AIRSPACE AND THAT A POSSIBLE PLTDEV WOULD BE FILED. WE WERE GIVEN A NUMBER THAT WAS EVENTUALLY CALLED. THE PROB AROSE DUE TO AND OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) NO SECTIONALS ON HAND AT HILL AFB BASE OPS. 2) NO TIMELY HDOF; VECTOR; RECOMMENDED ALT FROM HILL DEP. 3) LIGHT WT; WELL PERFORMING ACFT. 4) YOUNG CREW. 5) TASK SATURATION. 6) MY ASSUMPTION THAT RA'S/FLT FOLLOWING WOULD HAND US OFF TO SALT LAKE APCH. 7) MY FAILURE TO LEVELOFF BELOW 7600 FT FOR THE OUTER TIER OF SALT LAKE'S CLASS B. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: AS A MIL INSTRUCTOR PLT; I WILL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH OTHERS ABOUT MY VFR FLT AND CLASS B AIRSPACE TRANSGRESSION. I WILL ALSO RECOMMEND SECTIONALS BE STUDIED AND CARRIED ON ALL VFR SORTIES. TPC CHARTS ARE GREAT FOR TERRAIN; HOWEVER THEY DO NOT SHOW AIRSPACE. I WOULD RATHER TEACH MY FELLOW PLTS HOW TO BECOME BETTER VFR PLTS THAN TO HAVE THEM BE AFRAID OF THE UNKNOWN.