On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 22:24:29 -0600, "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?

If you mean a complete, on paper flight plan then no I don't.
OTOH, I get a DUATs briefing and then talk to FSS prior to departure.
I file IFR. VRF I rarely talk to any one, but that depends on the
area(s) through which I'm going to fly.

I either print the charts, or have the standard Sectionals and Low
Altitude charts along with the approach charts whether going IFR or
VFR. Even printing out a detailed route chart is only a guide, so
it's about as easy for me to just use a chart as except for direct I
usually get rerouted any way.

So, I have an unofficial flight plan and I do print out the IFR
routes, but 9 times out of 10 I go direct and I can figure the times
and headings in my head.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Michael