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On Oct 16, 4:23 pm, "Mike" nospam @ microsoft.com wrote:
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On Oct 15, 6:22 pm, "Mike" nospam @ microsoft.com wrote:
Keep in mind that flight aware only shows non-government aircraft
that
have
active flight plans.

And of course you can be flying along VFR without a flight plan and
request flight following anytime during that flight and it will show
up on flight aware when ATC issues a transponder code for ya... YMMV

Which is still a flight plan, albeit an abbreviated one as is a pop-up
IFR.

A VFR flight following event is nothing like a pop up IFR pick
up.... You really are not a pilot are ya ???

In your quest to be a smartarse you failed to read what I wrote and only
succeeded in revealing your ignorance. Congratulations.

VFR flight following and a pop-up IFR both require a flight plan to be
loaded into a FAA automation computer which is how the discrete beacon code
is generated. Now you can argue that point if you wish, or continue to
manufacture mistatements which I never wrote, or continue to make
allegations to whether I am not a pilot, but you'll still be just as wrong,
so be my guest. I've forgotten more about the subject than you will ever
hope to know.