Michael 182 wrote:
I'm kind of curious - does anyone with more than 100 hours do a flight plan,
with winds and all, before they fly cross country? Most of my planning is of
the fuel stop, or occasionally detour for weather variety - but it is rare
for me to include more than one or two waypoints in my "plan", and I almost
never file an airway, even when I file ifr. Maybe it's because I live in the
west. A typical flight plan will be Longmont - Amarillo - Austin, or if the
winds are good, Longmont - Austin. What do others do?

Michael


I always do flight plans. I find them interesting. (Yeah, I'm weird,
but knowing it is half the battle, right.)

Actually, I'm a purist, When I'm flying VFR, I use pilotage and dead
reckoning as my primary navigation devices. I feel I failed if I have
to refer to my GPS.

Flying IFR, I file airways because I like being able to backup the VORs
with the GPS. With GPS direct, I have no backup means other than the
very cumbersome cross VOR radial.