I make three- and four-hour hops over the Rockies and Sierra, usually over
familiar routes. I check winds aloft carefully beforehand and have in mind
three or four different passes I can use in case of mountain obscuration. I
always file a VFR flightplan and talk to Flight Watch often -- radar
coverage for flight following is spotty at my altitudes, 10,500 to 13,500,
sometimes higher to take advantage of a tailwind. Biggest issue after
weather is restricted airspace and TFRs --

Seth
Comanche N8100R

"BTIZ" wrote in message
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our local flight school rental agency requires flight plans on file with
them for any cross country outside the immediate valley.. DUATS is great
for that.. make two printouts.

BT

"Michael 182" wrote in message
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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